The period() method for BinaryRecurrenceSequence not functioning when the period mod m is non-simple

asked 2024-05-27 19:51:10 +0100

D O'D
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updated 2024-05-28 17:18:07 +0100

Max Alekseyev

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BinaryRecurrenceSequence is not throwing an error when there is not a simple period.

For instance, the sequence given by S = BinaryRecurrenceSequence(3,2,u0=0,u1=1) considered mod 4 has terms when considered individually: 0, 1, 3, 3, 3, ..... It does (eventually) have a period, it's just not a simple one.

When, however I try S.period(4), sagemath just stops working without throwing an error and I have to kill the kernel. Is there a method to test whether there are non-simple periods, or which otherwise picks up on sequences like this?

Often I run scripts over multiple sequences with different values for the coefficients, so it's not a case of being able to test each sequence in turn whether there will be an issue.

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def myperiod(S,mod): T = dict() k = 0 while True: t = (S(k)%mod,S(k+1)%mod) if t in T: return k-T[t] T[t] = k k += 1 print( myperiod( BinaryRecurrenceSequence(3,2,u0=0,u1=1), 4 ) )

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Thank you - that's helpful! And also for reporting it as a bug :)

D O'D ( 2024-06-03 14:45:35 +0100 )edit

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