Problem 8057. (Linear) Recurrence Equations - Generalised Fibonacci-like sequences

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Ak]\n Rules : [ Ck ... C2 C1]\n\n function: f(n) = (Ck) * f(n-k) + ... + (C2) * f(n-2) + (C1) * f(n-1)\n and f(1) = A1, f(2) = A2, ..., f(k) = Ak,]]></w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:rPr><w:i/></w:rPr><w:t>Init</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> and</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> </w:t></w:r><w:r><w:rPr><w:i/></w:rPr><w:t>Rules</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> have the same length,</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> </w:t></w:r><w:r><w:rPr><w:i/></w:rPr><w:t>N</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> may be a single number or a vector. Your function should return values of</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> </w:t></w:r><w:r><w:rPr><w:i/></w:rPr><w:t>f(N)</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t>. 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This problem is inspired by problems <a href = "http://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/2187-generalized-fibonacci">2187</a>, <a href = "http://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/3092-return-fibonacci-sequence-do-not-use-loop-and-condition">3092</a> and <a href = "http://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/?term=tag%3A%22fibonacci%22">other problems</a> based on Fibonacci sequence.I haven't seen here many problems based on other recursive sequences such as <a href = "http://oeis.org/A000032">Lucas numbers</a>, <a href = "http://oeis.org/A000129">Pell numbers</a>, <a href = "http://oeis.org/A000931">Padovan sequence</a> or <a href = "http://oeis.org/A000073">Tribonacci numbers</a> so this is a problem about them all.Your function input will be N, Init and Rules. Init and Rules represent initial values of sequence and a kernel which denotes recurrence relation:<pre> Init : [ A1 A2 ... Ak]
 Rules : [ Ck ... C2 C1]</pre><pre> function: f(n) = (Ck) * f(n-k) + ... + (C2) * f(n-2) + (C1) * f(n-1)
 and f(1) = A1, f(2) = A2, ..., f(k) = Ak,</pre>Init and Rules have the same length, N may be a single number or a vector. Your function should return values of f(N). Example:<pre> % Fibonacci sequence: f(1)=f(2)=1, f(n)=f(n-2)+f(n-1)
 &gt;&gt; Init = [1 1];
 &gt;&gt; Rules = [1 1];
 &gt;&gt; N = 1:10;
 &gt;&gt; fibonacci = recurrence_seq(N,Init,Rules),
 fibonacci = 
 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55</pre>Other info:<ul><li>Different approaches may lead to solutions which won't be able to compute f(n) for n being equal 0 or negative integer. If your solution doesn't return correct answer for those numbers it will still pass if it returns NaNs for n&lt;1.</li><li>Please, try to avoid unnecessary things like strings, ans, etc.</li></ul>

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