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What is the name of a progression where there are two or more ratios which alternate every step.
E.g., two ratios 5 and 2
1,5,10,50,100,500,1000,5000,10000,...
Three ratios 5, 2, 10
1,5,10,100,500,1000,10000,...
Or 2, 5, 10
1,2,10,100,200,1000,10000,...
Or 2, 3, 5, 10
1,2,6,30,300,600,1800,9000,90000,...
-- Lüboslóv Yęzýkin ( talk) 06:39, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
Preferred number. Bo Jacoby ( talk) 05:40, 11 October 2016 (UTC).
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What is the name of a progression where there are two or more ratios which alternate every step.
E.g., two ratios 5 and 2
1,5,10,50,100,500,1000,5000,10000,...
Three ratios 5, 2, 10
1,5,10,100,500,1000,10000,...
Or 2, 5, 10
1,2,10,100,200,1000,10000,...
Or 2, 3, 5, 10
1,2,6,30,300,600,1800,9000,90000,...
-- Lüboslóv Yęzýkin ( talk) 06:39, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
Preferred number. Bo Jacoby ( talk) 05:40, 11 October 2016 (UTC).