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A135508 a(n)=x(n+1)/x(n)-2 where x(1)=1 and x(n)=2*x(n-1)+lcm(x(n-1),n). 12
2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 7, 2, 1, 1, 11, 1, 1, 7, 1, 1, 17, 1, 1, 1, 7, 11, 23, 1, 1, 1, 1, 7, 29, 1, 1, 2, 11, 17, 7, 1, 37, 1, 1, 1, 41, 7, 1, 11, 1, 23, 47, 1, 1, 1, 17, 1, 53, 1, 1, 1, 1, 29, 59, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 67, 17, 1, 1, 71, 1, 1, 37, 1, 1, 1, 1, 79, 1, 1, 41, 83, 1, 1, 1, 29, 1, 89, 1, 1, 1, 1 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

This sequence has fascinating properties related to primes and especially to twin primes. For instance sequence consists of 1's or primes only. 2 occurs infinitely many times, largest primes in twin pairs never occur, other primes occur finitely many times...

REFERENCES

Benoit Cloitre, Beyond Rowland's gcd sequence, in preparation, 2008

LINKS

Markus Schepke, Uber Primzahlerzeugende Folgen, Thesis, U. Hannover, 2009

FORMULA

a(2*4^k)=2 k>=0

PROG

(PARI) x1=1; for(n=2, 40, x2=2*x1+lcm(x1, n); t=x1; x1=x2; print1(x2/t-2, ", "))

CROSSREFS

Cf. A106108.

Sequence in context: A106178 A205104 A108714 * A030413 A139434 A113925

Adjacent sequences:  A135505 A135506 A135507 * A135509 A135510 A135511

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), Feb 09 2008

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