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F. Luca and T. Ward
An elliptic sequence is not a sampled linear recurrence sequence view print
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Published: |
November 8, 2016
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Keywords: |
Elliptic divisibility sequence; nontorsion point; linear recurrence sequence |
Subject: |
11B37; 11G05 |
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Abstract
Let E be an elliptic curve defined over the rationals
and in minimal Weierstrass form, and let P=(x1/z12,y1/z13)
be a rational point of infinite order on E, where x1,y1,z1
are coprime integers. We show that the integer
sequence (zn)n≧1 defined by nP=(xn/zn2,yn/zn3) for all n≧ 1
does not eventually coincide with (un2)n≧1
for any choice of linear recurrence sequence (un)n≧1 with integer values.
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Author information
F. Luca:
School of Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa
Florian.Luca@wits.ac.za
T. Ward:
Ziff Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
t.b.ward@leeds.ac.uk
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