Somos-4 and Somos-5 are arithmetic divisibility sequences

被引:2
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作者
van der Kamp, Peter H. [1 ]
机构
[1] La Trobe Univ, Dept Math & Stat, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
关键词
Somos sequence; Laurent property; elliptic divisibility sequence; primes; modified sets of differences; LAURENT PHENOMENON;
D O I
10.1080/10236198.2015.1113272
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
We provide an elementary proof to a conjecture by Robinson that multiples of (powers of) primes in the Somos-4 sequence are equally spaced. We also show, almost as a corollary, for the generalized Somos-4 sequence defined by tau(n+2)tau(n-2) = alpha tau(n+1)tau(n-1) + beta tau(2)(n) and initial values tau(1) = tau(2) = tau(3) = tau(4) = 1, that the polynomial tau(n)(alpha, beta) is a divisor of tau(n+k(2n-5))(alpha, beta) for all n, k is an element of Z and establish a similar result for the generalized Somos-5 sequence. The proofs involve elliptic divisibility sequences, for which we also show that primes are equally spaced, and a nice property of subsets S subset of Z for which t, s is an element of S double right arrow 2s - t is an element of S.
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页码:571 / 581
页数:11
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