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Any number that you choose can be the 15th number. It is easy to find a rule based on a polynomial of order 4 such that the first four numbers are as listed in the question followed by the chosen number as the 15th term. There are also non-polynomial solutions. Short of reading the mind of the person who posed the question, there is no way of determining which of the infinitely many solutions is the "correct" one.

One possible solution is to use the following polynomial of order 3 for the first 4 numbers:

U(n) = (-32*n^3 + 228*n^2 - 478*n + 291)/3 for n = 1, 2, 3, ...

so that U(15) = -21193

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