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It's an interesting puzzle, but is there any significance to it? Are there an infinite number of sequences like this, but with different numbers or different o
by jlarocco 7y ago
It's an interesting puzzle, but is there any significance to it?
Are there an infinite number of sequences like this, but with different numbers or different operations? Is there any value proving things about them? Seems like a shot in the dark looking at an arbitrary sequence and proving things about it.
- aerovistae 7y agoI feel like you've asked this in an unnecessarily adversarial tone, but the question is a great one whose answer is valuable for understanding this type of thing. I don't know what the answer is, I'm just saying it's a good question.
- baq 7y agoIt isn’t about the result, it’s about the tools that have to be discovered to get that result. It’s likely there’s an as yet unknown branch of number theory required or perhaps a hidden link to something apparently unrelated.