[seqfan] Re: Puzzle
Bob Selcoe
rselcoe at entouchonline.net
Wed Jan 21 01:41:27 CET 2015
Hi David and seqfans,
r = 1/j, j >= 1 certainly works. We can always reach j, take next the
reciprocal 1/j, then continue adding until we reach 1.
It seems likely that all fractions will also work, is this true?
Best,
Bob Selcoe
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Subject: [seqfan] Puzzle
> Choose any real r >= 0.
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> Starting with n = 1, on the first step add r, on subsequent steps either
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> For example, if r = 1/4, we can generate the sequence
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> 1, 5/4, 3/2, 7/4, 2, 1/2, 3/4, 1.
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> For which r is it possible to return to 1 as does this sequence?
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