| A | B | C | D | E | A | B | C | D | E | ||
| 1 | $n$ | $u ( n )$ | 1 | $n$ | $u ( n )$ | ||||||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | $k =$ | 2.7182818 | 2 | 0 | 1 | $k =$ | 0.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2.7182818 | 3 | 1 | 0.9 | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | 2.7182818 | 4 | 2 | 0.9 | ||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 6 | 4 | 0.1353353 | 6 | 4 | 1.2345679 | ||||||
| 7 | 5 | 0.0067319 | 7 | 5 | 1.6935088 | ||||||
| 8 | 6 | 0.000 1234 | 8 | 6 | 2.581 1748 | ||||||
| 9 | 7 | $8.315 \mathrm { E } - 07$ | 9 | 7 | 4.3712422 | ||||||
| 10 | 8 | $2.061 \mathrm { E } - 09$ | 10 | 8 | 8.2252633 |
\section*{Exercise 5}
5 points
\section*{Candidates who have not followed the specialized course}
Let $k$ be a strictly positive real number.\\
We consider the sequence ( $u _ { n }$ ) defined by $u _ { 0 } = 1 , u _ { 1 } = k$ and, for all natural integer $n$ by:
$$u _ { n + 2 } = \frac { u _ { n + 1 } ^ { 2 } } { k u _ { n } }$$
It is admitted that all terms of the sequence ( $u _ { n }$ ) exist and are strictly positive.
\begin{enumerate}
\item Express $u _ { 2 } , u _ { 3 }$ and $u _ { 4 }$ as functions of $k$.
\item Using a spreadsheet, the first terms of the sequence ( $u _ { n }$ ) were calculated for two values of $k$. The value of the real number $k$ is entered in cell E 2 .
\end{enumerate}
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\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|}
\hline
& A & B & C & D & E & & A & B & C & D & E \\
\hline
1 & $n$ & $u ( n )$ & & & & 1 & $n$ & $u ( n )$ & & & \\
\hline
2 & 0 & 1 & & $k =$ & 2.7182818 & 2 & 0 & 1 & & $k =$ & 0.9 \\
\hline
3 & 1 & 2.7182818 & & & & 3 & 1 & 0.9 & & & \\
\hline
4 & 2 & 2.7182818 & & & & 4 & 2 & 0.9 & & & \\
\hline
5 & 3 & 1 & & & & 5 & 3 & 1 & & & \\
\hline
6 & 4 & 0.1353353 & & & & 6 & 4 & 1.2345679 & & & \\
\hline
7 & 5 & 0.0067319 & & & & 7 & 5 & 1.6935088 & & & \\
\hline
8 & 6 & 0.000 1234 & & & & 8 & 6 & 2.581 1748 & & & \\
\hline
9 & 7 & $8.315 \mathrm { E } - 07$ & & & & 9 & 7 & 4.3712422 & & & \\
\hline
10 & 8 & $2.061 \mathrm { E } - 09$ & & & & 10 & 8 & 8.2252633 & & & \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}