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Give a recursive definition of
a) of the functions max and min so that mx{a1,a2,..an and min {a1,a2,...an} are the maximum and minimum of the n numbers a1,a2,...an respectively
b) prove that f12+f22+..fn2 = fnfn+1 whenever n is a positive integer fn is the Fibonacci sequence.

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Give a recursive definition of
a) of the functions max and min so that mx{a1,a2,..an and min {a1,a2,...an} are the maximum and minimum of the n numbers a1,a2,...an respectively

Let the numbers a1, a2, ... an be stored in an n-size array called numbers.
Recursive Maximum:
if (n = = ...

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