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A214674 Conway's subprime Fibonacci sequence.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 3, 7, 5, 6, 11, 17, 14, 31, 15, 23, 19, 21, 20, 41, 61, 51, 56, 107, 163, 135, 149, 142, 97, 239, 168, 37, 41, 39, 40, 79, 17, 48, 13, 61, 37, 49, 43, 46, 89, 45, 67, 56, 41, 97, 69, 83, 76, 53, 43, 48, 13
Offset: 1

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Author

Wouter Meeussen, Jul 25 2012

Keywords

Comments

Similar to the Fibonacci recursion starting with (1, 1), but each new nonprime term is divided by its least prime factor. Sequence enters a loop of length 18 after 38 terms on reaching (48, 13).

References

  • Siobhan Roberts, Genius At Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway, Bloomsbury, 2015, pages xx-xxi.

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Programs

  • Mathematica
    guyKhoSal[{a_, b_}] := Block[{c, l, r}, c = NestWhile[(p = Tr[Take[#, -2]]; If[PrimeQ[p], q = p, q = p/Part[FactorInteger[p, FactorComplete -> False], 1, 1]]; Flatten[{#, q}]) &, {a, b}, FreeQ[Partition[#1, 2, 1], Take[#2, -2]] &, 2, 1000]; l = Length[c]; r = Tr@Position[Partition[c,2,1], Take[c,-2], 1, 1]; l-r-1; c]; guyKhoSal[{1,1}]
    f[s_List] := Block[{a = s[[-2]] + s[[-1]]}, If[ PrimeQ[a], Append[s, a], Append[s, a/FactorInteger[a][[1, 1]] ]]]; Nest[f, {1, 1}, 73] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Aug 09 2012 *)
  • PARI
    fatw(n,a=[0,1],p=[])={for(i=2,n,my(f=factor(a[i]+a[i-1])~);for(k=1,#f,setsearch(p,f[1,k])&next;f[2,k]--;p=setunion(p,Set(f[1,k]));break);a=concat(a,factorback(f~)));a}
    fatw(99) /* M. F. Hasler, Jul 25 2012 */