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The (L)-sieve transform of the sequence {a(n)} of positive integers is defined as follows: Denote the sequence of natural numbers by N. Remove the first term of N, which we denote by s(1) and then from the resulting sequence delete all terms whose index is a term of {a(n)}, to obtain the sequence N'.
Then remove the first term of N', denoted by s(2) and then from the resulting sequence delete all terms whose index is a term of {a(n)}, to obtain N''. Repeat this process indefinitely to obtain the transform LST({a(n)}) = {s(1), s(2),...}, the sequence of initial terms removed at each stage.
The (L)-sieve transform is quite different from the transform introduced byN. J. A. SloaneinA099361and used by T. D. Noe inA100424-A100426and seems to lead to more interesting results and relationships among sequences. An interesting property of the (L)-sieve transform is that the (L)-sieve transform of the sequence {1,3,6,10,...,n(n+1)/2,...} of triangular numbers is again the triangular numbers. Another (conjectured) connection with the triangular numbers is given in the following.
Conjecture. Let x(0) be a random sequence of positive integers and, for n>0, let x(n)=S[x(n-1)], where S is the (L)-sieve transform. Then the limit of {x(n)} as n goes to infinity is the sequence of triangular numbers {1,3,6,10,...,n(n+1)/2,...}.
Illustration of the conjecture:
x(0)={3,8,12,14,18,22,25,31,34,39,42,45,...} (A random initial sequence.)
x(1)={1,2,3,5,7,10,14,20,28,38,51,69,...}
x(2)={1,5,12,20,30,41,53,65,78,91,105,119,...}
x(3)={1,3,5,8,11,15,19,24,29,35,41,48,...}
x(4)={1,3,7,13,21,31,43,56,71,88,107,127,...}
x(5)={1,3,6,10,15,20,26,33,40,48,56,65,...}
x(6)={1,3,6,10,15,22,30,39,50,62,75,90,...}
x(7)={1,3,6,10,15,21,28,36,45,55,66,78,...}...
t={1,3,6,10,15,21,28,36,45,55,66,78,...} (Triangular numbers)
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