[seqfan] Puzzle

David Wilson davidwwilson at comcast.net
Wed Jan 21 01:04:37 CET 2015


Choose any real r >= 0.

 

Starting with n = 1, on the first step add r, on subsequent steps either add
r or take the reciprocal as you choose.

 

For example, if r = 1/4, we can generate the sequence

 

1, 5/4, 3/2, 7/4, 2, 1/2, 3/4, 1.

 

For which r is it possible to return to 1 as does this sequence?

 

 




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