|
|
A106290
|
|
Number of different orbit lengths of the 5-step recursion mod n.
|
|
1
|
|
|
1, 3, 4, 4, 2, 9, 2, 6, 7, 6, 2, 11, 2, 6, 8, 8, 2, 9, 3, 8, 8, 6, 4, 12, 3, 6, 10, 8, 3, 18, 2, 10, 8, 6, 4, 11, 2, 6, 8, 12, 2, 18, 4, 8, 14, 9, 4, 16, 3, 9, 8, 8, 2, 12, 4, 12, 10, 6, 3, 22
(list;
graph;
refs;
listen;
history;
text;
internal format)
|
|
|
OFFSET
|
1,2
|
|
COMMENTS
|
Consider the 5-step recursion x(k)=x(k-1)+x(k-2)+x(k-3)+x(k-4)+x(k-5) mod n. For any of the n^5 initial conditions x(1), x(2), x(3), x(4) and x(5) in Zn, the recursion has a finite period. Each of these n^5 vectors belongs to exactly one orbit. In general, there are only a few different orbit lengths for each n. For n=8, there are 6 different lengths: 1, 2, 3, 6, 12 and 24. The maximum possible length of an orbit is A106303(n), the period of the Fibonacci 5-step sequence mod n.
|
|
LINKS
|
Table of n, a(n) for n=1..60.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Fibonacci n-Step
|
|
CROSSREFS
|
Cf. A106287 (orbits of 5-step sequences), A106309 (primes that yield a simple orbit structure in 5-step recursions).
Sequence in context: A291086 A209329 A081573 * A249618 A073498 A105736
Adjacent sequences: A106287 A106288 A106289 * A106291 A106292 A106293
|
|
KEYWORD
|
nonn
|
|
AUTHOR
|
T. D. Noe, May 02 2005
|
|
STATUS
|
approved
|
|
|
|