GCD>1 based sequence
Leroy Quet
qq-quet at mindspring.com
Thu Dec 4 22:19:27 CET 2003
Unexpectedly, this sequence is not now in the EIS:
2, 4, 6, 3, 8, 9, 10, 5, 12, 14, 7, 15, 16, 18, 20,...
a(1) = 2;
a(m) = lowest unpicked positive integer which is *not* coprime with at
least one previous term of the sequence.
By "unpicked", I mean the integer is not among {a(1),...,a(m-1)}.
And by "not coprime with at least one previous term", I mean that at
least one prime dividing a(m) also divides at least one element of
{a(1),...,a(m-1)}.
(By these definitions are obvious, I trust.)
I could have sworn this sequence was at one time in the EIS. Am I
thinking of something similarly defined, or was the sequence eliminated
because each term was, say, 1/2 of another sequence's term? (I have not
put this into Superseeker.)
It seems like this (new?) sequence might be a permutation of the integers
>= 2.
(It might be advantageous to define a(0) = 1 for whatever reason. {I am
sure there is a good reason for doing such, but I am unsure now why}.)
thanks,
Leroy Quet
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