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Assignment 14, question 3

It says that F0 is 0. Is this just a seed value? Because if we evaluate it with n = 0, F0 = 2.

If so, doesn't this mean that we can't really use F0 in the question?

Just a minute, I've made a terrible mistake. I applied the power of zero to the whole component, not the individual letter.

Glad to help :-)

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