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A213895
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Fixed points of a sequence h(n) defined by the minimum number of 6's in the relation n*[n,6,6,...,6,n] = [x,...,x] between simple continued fractions.
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3
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7, 11, 23, 47, 127, 139, 211, 223, 251, 331, 367, 379, 383, 463, 487, 499, 607, 619, 691, 727, 739, 743, 811, 823, 863, 887, 967, 971, 983, 1051, 1063, 1087, 1171, 1291, 1303, 1327, 1367, 1423, 1447, 1451, 1459
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OFFSET
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1,1
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COMMENTS
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In a variant of A213891, multiply n by a number with simple continued fraction [n,6,6,...,6,n] and increase the number of 6's until the continued fraction of the product has the same first and last entry (called x in the NAME). Examples are
2 * [2, 6, 2] = [4, 3, 4],
3 * [3, 6, 3] = [9, 2, 9],
4 * [4, 6, 6, 6, 4] = [16, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 1, 16],
5 * [5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5] = [25, 1, 4, 3, 3, 4, 1, 25],
6 * [6, 6, 6] = [36, 1, 36],
7 * [7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7] = [50, 7, 2, 1, 4, 4, 4, 1, 2, 7, 50].
The number of 6's needed defines the sequence h(n) = 1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 7, 7, 5, 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 numbers is 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 generalized Fibonacci sequences satisfying f(n) = 6*f(n-1) + f(n-2), A005668, A015451, A179237, 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) = 6*f(n-1) + f(n-2).
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MATHEMATICA
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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[6, #] == # &] (* Michael De Vlieger, Sep 16 2015 *)
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PROG
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(PARI)
{a(n) = local(t, m=1); if( n<2, 0, while( 1,
t = contfracpnqn( concat([n, vector(m, i, 6), 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), ", ")));
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn
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STATUS
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approved
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