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A248218 Period in residues modulo n in iteration of x^2 + 1 starting at 0. 16
1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 6, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, 2, 6, 6, 1, 6, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 2, 6, 1, 2, 2, 6, 3, 6, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 6, 6, 6, 4, 2, 6, 6, 2, 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 2, 3, 2, 12, 2, 2, 6, 2, 6, 11, 6, 6, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 4, 6, 9, 14, 5, 2, 6 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
a(n) is a period in the sequence A003095 modulo n.
For n <= 10000 is the maximal period a(7921) = 1232.
For n <= 100000 is the maximal period a(73205) = 7260.
For n <= 500000 is the maximal period a(357911) = 54670.
From Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt, Jun 21 2021: (Start)
357911 = 71^3; a(71^2) = 770; a(71^3) = 71 * a(71^2); a(71^4) = 71 * a(71^3); a(71^5) = 71 * a(71^4); a(71^6) = 71 * a(71^5). 770/71^2 = 0.15274747073993255306, so cycle length is linear in n for these composite numbers. a(71^6) = 19566994370.
Let A(n) be number of start values that end on same cycle as start value 0. A(71^2) = 3711; A(71^3) = 71 * A(71^2); A(71^4) = 71 * A(71^3); A(71^5) = 71 * A(71^4). 3711/71^2 = 0.73616345963102559016, so majority of start values end on start value 0 cycle. (End)
Linear cycle length for a(71^i) with 2 <= i <= 5 sounds bad for runtime of Pollard-Rho factorization algorithm (heuristic claim assumes square root cycle length). The opposite is true, every value on start value 0 cycle has same remainder mod 71 as the value after applying "x -> (x^2 + 1) mod n" 11 times, so factorization completes quickly. - Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt, Jun 29 2021
LINKS
Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt, analyze.c
Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt, period.c
FORMULA
a(LCM(i,j)) = LCM(a(i),a(j)). - Robert Israel, Mar 08 2021
EXAMPLE
n=5, residues are 1, 2, 0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2, 0, ..., period is 3, a(5)=3.
n=7, residues are 1, 2, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, ..., final period is 1, therefore a(7)=1.
n=10, residues are 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 0, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 0, 1, 2, ..., a(10)=6.
n=43, residues are 1, 2, 5, 26, 32, 36, 7, 7, 7, 7, ..., a(43) = 1.
n=229, residues are 1, 2, 5, 26, 219, 101, 126, 76, 52, 186, 18, 96, 57, 44, 105, 34, 12, 145, 187, 162, 139, 86, 69, 182, 149, 218, 122, 0, 1, 2, 5, 26, 219, 101, 126, 76, 52, 186, 18, 96, 57, 44, 105, 34, 12, 145, 187, 162, 139, 86, 69, 182, 149, 218, 122, 0, 1, 2, 5, 26, ..., period is 28, a(229)=28.
This program is for experiments (n<100): Rest[NestList[Mod[#^2+1, n] &, 0, 100]]
MATHEMATICA
Table[m=Rest[NestList[Mod[#^2+1, n]&, 0, 1000]]; period=0; j=1; While[j<=Length[m] && period==0, If[m[[Length[m]-j]]==m[[Length[m]]], period=j]; j++]; period, {n, 1, 1000}]
PROG
(PARI) A248218(m, t=0, u=[t])=until(#Set(u=concat(u, t=(t^2+1)%m))<#u, ); for(i=1, #u, t==u[#u-i]&&return(i)) \\ M. F. Hasler, Mar 25 2015
(C) /* See analyze.c in the Links section. This program computes a(n) for n < 2^31, all periods for any starting value. See also period.c which only computes period length, but with arbitrary precision gmplib. This allowed to compute a(71^6). - Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt, Jun 22 2021 */
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A008342 A277214 A278603 * A182110 A175328 A338776
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 04 2014
STATUS
approved

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