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A081462
Consider the mapping f(a/b) = (a^2+b^3)/(a^3+b^2) from rationals to rationals. Starting with 1/2 (a=1, b=2) and applying the mapping to each new (reduced) rational number gives 1/2, 9/5, 103/377, ... . Sequence gives values of the denominators.
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2, 5, 377, 617428, 19241552119440973526245, 6579843627298148620615676439841151690983233028443241
OFFSET
1,1
PROG
(PARI) {r=1/2; for(n=1, 7, a=numerator(r); b=denominator(r); print1(b, ", "); r=(a^2+b^3)/(a^3+b^2))}
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy, Mar 22 2003
EXTENSIONS
Edited and extended by Klaus Brockhaus, Mar 28 2003
STATUS
approved