[seqfan] Re: Wavy Simple Recursion Involving Minimum

[Dion Gijswijt]

Because of the terms 0,1,2...,0,3,6,
it is clear that a(n+15)=3a(n) for all n, which gives a closed form
expression depending on n mod 15, right?

Dion.


On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Leroy Quet <q1qq2qqq3qqqq at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> I just posted this:
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> %I A163495
> %S A163495 0,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,3,4,3,0,3,3,0,3,6,6,3
> %V A163495 0,1,2,2,1,-1,-2,-1,1,3,4,3,0,-3,-3,0,3,6,6,3
> %N A163495 a(0)=0, a(1)=1, a(2)=2. For n>=3, a(n) = a(n-1) -
> min(a(n-2),a(n-3)).
> %K A163495 more,sign
> %O A163495 0,3
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> Is there a closed (non-recursive) form for this sequence? (Maybe the closed
> form is involving, say, sine and the floor function. Or maybe the closed
> form is much simpler, maybe involving mod, say.)
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> (And hopefully I didn't make a mistake figuring out the terms I submitted.)
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> Thanks,
> Leroy Quet
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