0,6

Using the addition formula for the Weierstrass sigma function it is simple to prove that the subsequence of even terms of a Somos-5 type sequence satisfy a 4th order recurrence of Somos-4 type and similarly the odd subsequence satsifies the same 4th order recurrence. - Andrew Hone (anwh(AT)kent.ac.uk), Aug 24 2004

log(a(n)) ~ 0.071626946 * n^2. (Hone)

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Index entries for two-way infinite sequences

S. Fomin and A. Zelevinsky, The Laurent phenomemon

A. N. W. Hone, Sigma function solution of the initial value problem for Somos 5 sequences

J. Propp, The Somos Sequence Site

J. Propp, The 2002 REACH tee-shirt

M. Somos, Somos 6 Sequence

M. Somos, Brief history of the Somos sequence problem

D. E. Speyer, Perfect matchings and the octahedral recurrence

A. J. van der Poorten, Elliptic curves and continued fractions

A. J. van der Poorten, Recurrence relations for elliptic sequences...

A. J. van der Poorten, Hyperelliptic curves, continued fractions and Somos sequences

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Comments from Andrew Hone (anwh(AT)kent.ac.uk), Aug 24 2004: "Both the even terms b(n)=a(2n) and odd terms b(n)=a(2n+1) satisfy the fourth order recurrence b(n)=(b(n-1)*b(n-3)+8*b(n-2)^2)/b(n-4).

"Hence the general formula is a(2n)=A*B^n*sigma(c+n*k)/sigma(k)^(n^2), a(2n+1)=D*E^n*sigma(f+n*k)/sigma(k)^(n^2) where sigma is the Weierstrass sigma function associated to the elliptic curve y^2=4*x^3-(121/12)*x+845/216 (this is birationally equivalent to the minimal model V^2+U*V+6*V=U^3+7*U^2+12*U given by van der Poorten).

"The real/imaginary half-periods of the curve are w1=1.181965956, w3=0.973928783*I and the constants are A=0.142427718-1.037985022*I, B=0.341936209+0.389300717*I, c=0.163392411+w3, k=1.018573545, D=-0.363554228-0.803200610*I, E=0.644801269+0.734118205*I, f=c+k/2-w1 all to 9 decimal places."

Cf. A006720, A006722, A006723, A048736.

Cf. A006720.

Sequence in context: A124561 A167604 A065510 this_sequence A111289 A127181 A113734

Adjacent sequences: A006718 A006719 A006720 this_sequence A006722 A006723 A006724

easy,nonn,nice

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).