An elementary approach to the study of Somos sequences (Q2285411)

From the authors' introduction: ``In the present paper, we propose an elementary approach (without invoking Weierstrass functions) to studying the properties of the Somos-4 sequences. We give a direct inductive proof of the theorem on the rank of the Somos-4 sequence (see Theorem 3.7). Using this theorem, we prove various addition formulas similar to the well-known identities for the Weierstrass functions (see Theorems 4.1 and 4.6). Note also that an elliptic divisibility sequence \(\{w_n\}\) arises naturally in the proof of the theorem on the rank of the Somos-4 sequence.'' The remainder of the introduction provides a very readable survey.