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arxiv: 1610.08109 · v1 · pith:XWPIKEM4new · submitted 2016-10-25 · 🧮 math.NT

An elliptic sequence is not a sampled linear recurrence sequence

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keywords sequencedefinedellipticintegerlinearrecurrencechoicecoincide
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Let $E$ be an elliptic curve defined over the rationals and in minimal Weierstrass form, and let $P=(x_1/z_1^2,y_1/z_1^3)$ be a rational point of infinite order on $E$, where $x_1,y_1,z_1$ are coprime integers. We show that the integer sequence $(z_n)$ defined by $nP=(x_n/z_n^2,y_n/z_n^3)$ for all $n\ge 1$ does not eventually coincide with $(u_{n^2})$ for any choice of linear recurrence sequence $(u_n)$ with integer values.

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