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Palindromic sequences (Posted on 2005-10-31) Difficulty: 3 of 5
1,1
1,2,1
1,3,2,3,1
1,4,3,2,3,4,1
1,5,4,3,5,2,5,3,4,5,1
1,6,5,4,3,5,2,5,3,4,5,6,1

What are the next several lines and how are they formed?

Do the sequences have any special feature?

Does the pattern continue indefinitely?

See The Solution Submitted by Bob Smith    
Rating: 3.7143 (7 votes)

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re: Spoiler | Comment 10 of 16 |
(In reply to Spoiler by Tristan)

This certainly seems to work.  I assume by the wording of Tristan's explanation, that the fraction sequence should actually look like:

0/1, 1/6, 1/5, 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 1/1

(lowest to highest in numerical value)

The fact that the sequence is therefore palindromic is not by construction, but falls out of the math.


  Posted by Bryan on 2005-11-01 09:09:13
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