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[Robert G. Wilson v]

Et al,

	In a case such as this, I would like it to begin with the smallest terms, every
thing else being equal.

Bob Wilson.

y.kohmoto wrote:
>     Dear Neil
>     Is it a good explanation for seqfans?
>     We may ask the same question for Fibonacci sequence.
>     ....5, -3, 2, -1, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ..... 
>     Where is the starting point?
>     
>     Yasutoshi
>    
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>>Dear Yasutoshi,
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>>The trouble is that I can only give a small numbers of terms 
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> of any sequence.
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>>Therefore it is necessary to have a starting point.
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>>For the Fibonacci numbers
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>   0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 ...
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>>there is an obvious place to begin.
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>>For your sequence:
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>>>   "an example of periodic 1/4-sigma sequence : the period = 25
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> 6943520030720  5386209454080  6389772480000  7665533854902  5756592291840
> 5657834203560  6382469882880  7938550287360  9055131471360   9256155068160
> 11798498589696  12316979136000  13937317954560  18314063179776
> 18071888486400  20136798781440  18850467643392  16492422758400
> 15699547839573  6635615891520  7400619883008  6494644316160  8009835724800
> 9317732578770  7847237806128"
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>>where does it begin?
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>>With best wishes
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>>Neil Sloane
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