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A213899 Fixed points of a sequence h(n) defined by the minimum number of 10's in the relation n*[n,10,10,...,10,n] = [x,...,x] between simple continued fractions. 22
3, 7, 31, 43, 47, 71, 107, 151, 167, 179, 211, 223, 239, 251, 271, 283, 419, 431, 463, 467, 487, 491, 523, 547, 563, 571, 631, 839, 859, 883, 907, 967, 971, 1087, 1103, 1171, 1187, 1279, 1283, 1291, 1367, 1399, 1423, 1459, 1471, 1483, 1487, 1499 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
In a variant of A213891, multiply n by a number with simple continued fraction [n,10,10,...,10,n] and increase the number of 10's until the continued fraction of the product has the same first and last entry (called x in the NAME). Examples are
2 * [2, 10, 2] = [4, 5, 4],
3 * [3, 10, 10, 10, 3] = [9, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 9],
4 * [4, 10, 10, 10, 4] = [16, 2, 1, 1, 9, 1, 1, 2, 16],
5 * [5, 10, 5] = [25, 2, 25],
6 * [6, 10, 10, 10, 6] = [36, 1, 1, 2, 6, 2, 1, 1, 36],
7 * [7, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 7] = [49, 1, 2, 3, 1, 6, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 6, 1, 3, 2, 1, 49].
The number of 10's needed defines the sequence h(n) = 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 7, 7, 11, 1, ... (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) = 10*f(n-1) + f(n-2), A041041, A015456, etc. This would mean that a prime is in the sequence A213899 if and only if it divides some term in each of the sequences satisfying f(n) = 10*f(n-1) + f(n-2).
The sequence h() is given in A262220. - M. F. Hasler, Sep 15 2015
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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[10, #] == # &] (* 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, 10), 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, 1500, if(k==a(k), print1(a(k), ", ")));
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A217198 A110581 A128436 * A034915 A145479 A077315
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Art DuPre, Jun 24 2012
STATUS
approved

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