Command: NestList

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Name:
 NestList - gives a list of the results of applying f to x 0 through n times.
Synopsis:
 x f n NestList ->  [x, x f,  x f f,..., x f1 ... fn]
Parameters:
 x - any object to which f can be applied
            f - an executable object.
Description:
 NestList repeatedly applies f to the supplied argument and returns
             the result als well as all intermediate results in a list.
             Note that f must expect and return exactly one argument.
Examples:
   1 {2 mul} 3 NestList -> [1 2 4 8]
SeeAlso:Map forall
Source:
 /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/nest-2.4.1/lib/sli/mathematica.sli

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