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The density of primes dividing a term in the Somos-5 sequence

Number Theory 2018-01-22 v1

Abstract

The Somos-5 sequence is defined by a0=a1=a2=a3=a4=1a_{0} = a_{1} = a_{2} = a_{3} = a_{4} = 1 and am=am1am4+am2am3am5a_{m} = \frac{a_{m-1} a_{m-4} + a_{m-2} a_{m-3}}{a_{m-5}} for m5m \geq 5. We relate the arithmetic of the Somos-5 sequence to the elliptic curve E:y2+xy=x3+x22xE : y^{2} + xy = x^{3} + x^{2} - 2x and use properties of Galois representations attached to EE to prove the density of primes pp dividing some term in the Somos-5 sequence is equal to 508710752\frac{5087}{10752}.

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@article{arxiv.1507.05896,
  title  = {The density of primes dividing a term in the Somos-5 sequence},
  author = {Bryant Davis and Rebecca Kotsonis and Jeremy Rouse},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.05896},
  year   = {2018}
}

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