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A072878 a(n) = 4*a(n-1)*a(n-2)*a(n-3) - a(n-4) with a(1) = a(2) = a(3) = a(4) = 1. 14
1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 11, 131, 17291, 99665321, 903016046275353, 6224717403288400029624460201, 2240882930472585840954332388399544581477407095086361, 50384188378657848181032338163962292285660644698840136656562636145266593550842871302412156442811 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,5
COMMENTS
A subsequence of the generalized Markoff numbers.
LINKS
Arthur Baragar, Integral solutions of the Markoff-Hurwitz equations, J. Number Theory 49 (1994), 27-44.
Andrew N. W. Hone, Diophantine non-integrability of a third order recurrence with the Laurent property, arXiv:math/0601324 [math.NT], 2006.
Andrew N. W. Hone, Diophantine non-integrability of a third order recurrence with the Laurent property, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 39 (2006), L171-L177.
Matthew Christopher Russell, Using experimental mathematics to conjecture and prove theorems in the theory of partitions and commutative and non-commutative recurrence, PhD Dissertation, Mathematics Department, Rutgers University, May 2016.
FORMULA
a(1) = a(2) = a(3) = a(4) = 1; a(n) = (a(n-1)^2 + a(n-3)^2 + a(n-2)^2)/a(n-4) for n >= 5.
From the recurrence a(n) = 4*a(n-1)*a(n-2)*a(n-3) - a(n-4), any four successive terms satisfy the Markoff-Hurwitz equation a(n)^2 + a(n-1)^2 + a(n-2)^2 + a(n-3)^2 = 4*a(n)*a(n-1)*a(n-2)*a(n-3), cf. A075276. As n tends to infinity, the limit of log(log(a(n)))/n is log x = 0.6093778633..., where x=1.839286755... is the real root of the cubic x^3 - x^2 - x - 1 = 0. - Andrew Hone, Nov 14 2005
MATHEMATICA
RecurrenceTable[{a[1]==a[2]==a[3]==a[4]==1, a[n]==4a[n-1]a[n-2]a[n-3]-a[n-4]}, a, {n, 15}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Nov 29 2014 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A088076 A276258 A284604 * A112957 A057205 A121897
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Benoit Cloitre, Jul 28 2002
EXTENSIONS
Entry revised Nov 19 2005, based on comments from Andrew Hone
a(13) from Harvey P. Dale, Nov 29 2014
Name clarified by Petros Hadjicostas, May 11 2019
STATUS
approved

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