Recurrence Relations for Elliptic Sequences: every Somos 4 is a Somos $k$

dc.creatorvan der Poorten, Alfred J.
dc.creatorSwart, Christine S.
dc.date2004-12-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:15:18Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:15:18Z
dc.descriptionIn his `Memoir on Elliptic Divisibility Sequences', Morgan Ward's definition of the said sequences has the remarkable feature that it does not become at all clear until deep into the paper that there exist nontrivial such sequences. Even then, Ward's proof of coherence of his definition relies on displaying a sequence of values of quotients of Weierstraß$σ$-functions. We give a direct proof of coherence and show, rather more generally, that a sequence defined by a so-called Somos relation of gap 4 always also is given by a three term Somos relation of all larger gaps 5, 6, 7, $... $.
dc.description7 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0412293
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0412293
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/73588
dc.subjectNumber Theory
dc.subject11B83, 11G05 (primary) 11A55, 14H05, 14H52 (secondary)
dc.titleRecurrence Relations for Elliptic Sequences: every Somos 4 is a Somos $k$
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