Yellowstone sequence: Difference between revisions

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For n <= 3,
 
a(n) = n.
 
For n >= 4,
 
a(n) = the smallest number not already in sequence such that a(n) is relatively prime to a(n-1) and is not relatively prime to a(n-2).
is not relatively prime to a(n-2).
 
 
The sequence is a permutation of the natural numbers, and gets its name from what its authors felt was a spiking, geyser like appearance of a plot of the sequence.