Find a recursive definition for the sequence 3, 5, 8, 12, 17,... Assume the first term in the sequence is indexed by 1, and enter f_{n-1} as f(n - 1). f(1) = 3 and f(n) = n^2/2+n/2+4 for n > 1.
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