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Any number that you choose can be the nth number. It is easy to find a rule based on a polynomial of order 5 such that the first five numbers are as listed in the question. 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.

For example, the position-to-value rule given by

U(n) = (-7*n^5 + 105*n^4 - 595*n^3 + 1575*n^2 - 1558*n - 480)/120 is a possible solution for the given set of numbers.

A simpler solution is V(n) = 3*n - 11, but that does not make it any more correct than the first one.

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