OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Suppose that x and y are positive integers and that x <=y. Let a(1) = least k such that H(y) - H(x-1) < H(k) - H(y); let a(2) = least k such that H(a(1)) - H(y) < H(k) - H(a(1)); and for n > 2, let a(n) = least k such that greatest such H(a(n-1)) - H(a(n-2)) < H(k) - H(a(n-1)). The increasing sequences H(a(n)) - H(a(n-1)) and a(n)/a(n-1) converge. For what choices of (x,y) is the sequence a(n) linearly recurrent?
LINKS
Clark Kimberling, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..300
FORMULA
a(n) = A192804(n+4) (conjectured).
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - a(n-4) (conjectured).
G.f.: (5 - x - 2 x^2 - 3 x^3)/(1 - 2 x + x^4) (conjectured)
EXAMPLE
The first two values (a(1),a(2)) = (5,9) match the beginning of the following inequality chain:
1/3 < 1/4 + 1/5 < 1/6 + 1/7 + 1/8 + 1/9 < ...
MATHEMATICA
z = 100; h[n_] := h[n] = HarmonicNumber[N[n, 500]]; x = 3; y = 3;
a[1] = Ceiling[w /. FindRoot[h[w] == 2 h[y] - h[x - 1], {w, 1}, WorkingPrecision -> 400]]; a[2] = Ceiling[w /. FindRoot[h[w] == 2 h[a[1]] - h[y], {w, a[1]}, WorkingPrecision -> 400]]; Do[s = 0; a[t] = Ceiling[w /. FindRoot[h[w] == 2 h[a[t - 1]] - h[a[t - 2]], {w, a[t - 1]}, WorkingPrecision -> 400]], {t, 3, z}];
m = Map[a, Range[z]] (* A225605, Peter J. C. Moses, Jul 12 2013 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,frac,easy
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Aug 03 2013
STATUS
approved