A015135 Consider Fibonacci-type sequences f(0)=X, f(1)=Y, f(k)=f(k-1)+f(k-2) mod n; all are periodic; sequence gives number of distinct periods.

1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 6, 3, 5, 2, 4, 5, 5, 2, 4, 3, 7, 3, 6, 2, 6, 4, 4, 4, 5, 3, 10, 3, 6, 5, 3, 5, 5, 2, 4, 4, 7, 2, 6, 2, 7, 7, 3, 2, 6, 3, 8, 4, 5, 2, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 3, 11, 2, 4, 5, 7, 5, 10, 2, 4, 3, 10, 3, 6, 2, 4, 7, 5, 5, 8, 3, 9, 5, 4, 2, 7, 5, 4, 5, 9, 2, 10, 4, 4, 5, 4, 7, 7, 2, 6, 7, 9, 3, 6, 2

Offset: 1

Author

Phil Carmody

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Consider the 2-step recursion f(k)=f(k-1)+f(k-2) mod n. For any of the n^2 initial conditions f(1) and f(2) in Zn, the recursion has a finite period. Each of these n^2 vectors belongs to exactly one orbit. In general, there are only a few different orbit lengths for each n. For n=8, there are 4 different lengths: 1, 3, 6 and 12. The maximum possible length of an orbit is A001175(n), the period of the Fibonacci 2-step sequence mod n. - T. D. Noe, May 02 2005

Links

• B. Avila and T. Khovanova, Free Fibonacci Sequences, arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.4614 [math.NT], 2014 and J. Int. Seq. 17 (2014) # 14.8.5
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Fibonacci n-Step Number.

Crossrefs

Cf. A015134 (orbits of 2-step sequences), A106306 (primes that yield a simple orbit structure in 2-step recursions).

Extensions

More terms from Larry Reeves (larryr(AT)acm.org), Jan 06 2005