OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Periodic with period 2^35.
The first set of numbers on p. 156 of Hirsh is reproduced by s/2^35 starting with s=4818528277.
REFERENCES
Seymour C. Hirsh, BASIC Programming Self-Taught, Reston Pub Co, Reston, VA, 1980 (see p. 156).
Donald E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, Vol 2: Seminumerical Algorithms (3rd ed.), Addison-Wesley, 1998 (see p. 106).
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = (129*a(n-1) + 27098671125) mod 2^35.
MAPLE
a:= proc(n) option remember; `if`(n<2, n,
irem(129*a(n-1)+27098671125, 2^35))
end:
seq(a(n), n=1..21); # Alois P. Heinz, Jun 04 2025
MATHEMATICA
NestList[Mod[129*# + 27098671125, 2^35] &, 1, 30] (* Paolo Xausa, Jun 12 2025 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Sean A. Irvine, Jun 04 2025
STATUS
approved
