A350927 a(1)=1, a(2)=2; for n > 2, a(n) is the smallest unused positive number such that gcd(a(n-1) * |a(n-1) - a(n-2)|, a(n)) > 1.

1, 2, 4, 6, 3, 9, 8, 10, 5, 15, 12, 14, 7, 21, 16, 18, 20, 22, 11, 33, 24, 26, 13, 39, 27, 28, 30, 25, 35, 32, 34, 17, 51, 36, 38, 19, 57, 40, 42, 44, 46, 23, 69, 45, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 49, 63, 58, 29, 87, 60, 55, 65, 62, 31, 93, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 37, 111, 75, 76, 78, 80, 82, 41, 123, 81

Offset

1,2

Comments

This is likely a permutation of the natural numbers. The sequence shows similar behavior to the EKG sequence A064413. In the first 500000 terms the fixed points are 1, 2, 77, 221, and it is likely no more exist.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..76.

Scott R. Shannon, Image of the first 10000 terms. The green line is y = n.

Example

a(4) = 6 as a(3)*|a(3)-a(2)| = 4*2 = 8, 6 has not been used and gcd(6,8) > 1.
a(8) = 10 as a(7)*|a(7)-a(6)| = 8*1 = 8, 10 has not been used and gcd(10,8) > 1.

Crossrefs

Cf. A351001, A337136, A064413, A336957, A098550, A089088, A251622.

Sequence in context: A181548 A207779 A338338 * A362015 A374284 A096665

Adjacent sequences: A350924 A350925 A350926 * A350928 A350929 A350930

Keyword

nonn

Author

Scott R. Shannon, Jan 28 2022

Status

approved