OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
In a variant of A213891, multiply n by a number with simple continued fraction [n,4,4,...,4,n] and increase the number of 4's until the continued fraction of the product has the same first and last entry (called x in the NAME). Examples are
2*[2,4,2] = [4,2,4],
3*[3,4,4,4,3] = [9,1,2,2,2,1,9],
4*[4,4,4] = [16,1,16],
5*[5,4,4,4,4,5] = [26,5,1,1,5,26].
The number of 4's needed defines the sequence h(n) = 1, 3, 1, 4, 3, 7, 3, 3, 9, ... (n>=2).
The current sequence contains the fixed points of h, i.e., those n where h(n)=n.
We conjecture that this sequence contains prime numbers analogous to the sequence of prime numbers A000057, in the sense that, instead of referring to the Fibonacci sequences(sequences satisfying f(n) = f(n-1) + f(n-2) with arbitrary positive integer values for f(1) and f(2)) it refers to the sequences satisfying f(n) = 4*f(n-1) + f(n-2), A001076, A001077, A015448, etc. This would mean that a prime is in the sequence if and only if it divides some term in each of the sequences satisfying f(n) = 4*f(n-1) + f(n-2).
The above sequence h() is recorded as A262214. - M. F. Hasler, Sep 15 2015
MATHEMATICA
f[m_, n_] := Block[{c, k = 1}, c[x_, y_] := ContinuedFraction[x FromContinuedFraction[Join[{x}, Table[m, {y}], {x}]]]; While[First@ c[n, k] != Last@ c[n, k], k++]; k]; Select[Range[2, 1000], f[4, #] == # &] (* Michael De Vlieger, Sep 16 2015 *)
PROG
(PARI)
{a(n) = local(t, m=1); if( n<2, 0, while( 1,
t = contfracpnqn( concat([n, vector(m, i, 4), n]));
t = contfrac(n*t[1, 1]/t[2, 1]);
if(t[1]<n^2 || t[#t]<n^2, m++, break));
m)};
for(k=1, 3000, if(k==a(k), print1(a(k), ", ")));
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Art DuPre, Jun 23 2012
STATUS
approved