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Given ANY number, it is easy to find a polynomial of order 4 that will generate the above four numbers and the selected fifth.
The simplest polynomial or order 3 that will generate the above numbers is
Un = (-53n3 + 399n2 - 880n + 552)/6 for n = 1, 2, 3, ... and accordingly, the next number is -83.
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What's the next number in the pattern 4 12 36 and 108?
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What is the next number in the sequence 12-6-3?
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What is the next number pattern of 1 3 7 13 21 31?
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