OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Periodic with period 2^35.
REFERENCES
Donald E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, Vol 2: Seminumerical Algorithms (3rd ed.), Addison-Wesley, 1998 (see p. 106).
LINKS
Sean A. Irvine, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Martin Greenberger, Notes on a New Pseudo-Random Number Generator, J ACM, 8, 2 (1961), 163-167.
FORMULA
a(n) = (262145 * a(n-1) + 3) mod 2^35.
MAPLE
a:= proc(n) option remember; `if`(n<2, n,
irem(262145*a(n-1)+3, 2^35))
end:
seq(a(n), n=1..26); # Alois P. Heinz, Jun 04 2025
MATHEMATICA
NestList[Mod[262145*# + 3, 2^35] &, 1, 30] (* Paolo Xausa, Jun 12 2025 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Sean A. Irvine, Jun 04 2025
STATUS
approved
