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Conjectures associated with A109845

$a(1) = 2$; $a(2n)$ = lcm of all previous terms + 1; $a(2n+1)$ = lcm of all previous terms - 1.

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namespace OeisA109845

$a(1) = 2$; $a(2n)$ = lcm of all previous terms + 1; $a(2n+1)$ = lcm of all previous terms - 1. The sequence is correctly generated by the recurrence relation $a(1)=2$, $a(2)=3$, and for $n \ge 3$: $$a(n) = a(n-1)^2 + (-1)^n a(n-1) + (-1)^n.$$ We use $0$-based indexing here, so $a(n)$ corresponds to the OEIS sequence $a(n+1)$.

def a : | 0 => 2 | 1 => 3 | n + 2 => let prev := a (n + 1) if n % 2 = 0 then prev * prev - (prev + 1) else prev * prev + prev + 1@[category test, AMS 11] theorem a_0 : a 0 = 2 := a 0 = 2 All goals completed! 🐙@[category test, AMS 11] theorem a_1 : a 1 = 3 := a 1 = 3 All goals completed! 🐙@[category test, AMS 11] theorem a_2 : a 2 = 5 := a 2 = 5 All goals completed! 🐙@[category test, AMS 11] theorem a_3 : a 3 = 31 := a 3 = 31 All goals completed! 🐙@[category test, AMS 11] theorem a_4 : a 4 = 929 := a 4 = 929 All goals completed! 🐙

Conjecture: There are infinitely many primes in this sequence.

@[category research open, AMS 11] theorem conjecture : Set.Infinite {n : | (a n).Prime} := {n | Nat.Prime (a n)}.Infinite All goals completed! 🐙end OeisA109845