What other sequences solve this equation?

Kimberling, Clark ck6 at evansville.edu
Wed May 10 18:32:32 CEST 2006


In this query, a(n) and b(n) denote increasing complementary sequences,
such as (1,3,5,7,...) and (2,4,6,8...), as well as pairs of Beatty
sequences.
 
The question is, how can we account for all solutions of the equation 
 
a(b(n)) - b(a(n)) = 1 ?
 
Among the solutions are a = (1,3,5,7,....) and the lower Wythoff
sequence, a(n) = Floor[tau*n)], where tau is the golden mean.
 
Anyone want to look into this?
 
Thanks.
 
Clark Kimberling
 
 
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