Number-Theoretical Fibonacci-Like Sequence
Ralf Stephan
ralf at ark.in-berlin.de
Sat Mar 1 10:09:02 CET 2003
You wrote
> I may have made a mistake in calculating terms, but this sequence does
> not yet seem to be in the EIS.
>
> Let a(1) = a(2) = 1;
>
> For m >= 2,
> let a(m+1) = a(m) + a(j(m)),
>
> where j(m) is the largest PROPER divisor of m.
>
> (I have probably over-represented this sequence by calling it
> "Fibonacci-like".)
>
> The sequence begins (?):
>
> 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 17, 18, 23,...
m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
j 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 4 1 5
2 3 4 3 5 9
>
> Is there a closed-form for the a(m)'s?
Don't one first try to get that for j(m) before doing such things?
>
> Thanks,
> Leroy Quet
>
> PS: There are probably other good examples of sequences combining somehow
> number-theory and Fibonacci numbers.
>
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