- a plot of the sequence of quotients X(n+1)/X(n) for n = 1,2,...,499:
X(n) is a multiple of 4 for n between 13 and 500.
Here is the updated raw data (last previously calculated term marked in red):
The limit cycle is the same. The choiceL[1] = 11631013L[N] = P(26390*L[N-1] + 1103)
L[1] = 7654237825827857857221111238572389123865443346789678979leads, again to the same limit cycle. This raises an interesting question of "stability" (that is, assuming ultimate periodicity holds, are there finitely many - if not a single one - limit cycles?*) Note that in this particular case, the limit cycle is not unique: for example, the choice
L[1] = 2250957258971258907129712971234237484736596896123596812363leads to a different limit cycle, of period 18:
where P is the greatest prime factor function. The prime sequence (L[N]) turns out to be ultimately periodic, with periodL[1] = 2L[N] = P(26390*L[N-1] + 1103)
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