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A special sequence and primorial numbers

Number Theory 2025-12-08 v5

Abstract

In this paper, we study a class of functions defined recursively on the set of natural numbers in terms of the greatest common divisor algorithm of two numbers and requiring a minimality condition. These functions are permutations, products of infinitely many cycles that depend on certain breaks in the natural numbers involving the primes, and some special products of primes with a density of approximately 29.4%29.4\%. We show that these functions split into only two equivalence classes (modulo the natural equivalence relation of eventually identical maps): one is the class of the identity map and the other is generated by a map whose discrete derivative is almost periodic with ``periods" the primorial numbers.

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@article{arxiv.2302.02838,
  title  = {A special sequence and primorial numbers},
  author = {Amit Kumar Basistha and Eugen J. Ionascu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.02838},
  year   = {2025}
}

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18 pages and 4 figures

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