The density of primes dividing a term in the Somos-5 sequence

Abstract: The Somos-5 sequence is defined by

a_{0} = a_{1} = a_{2} = a_{3} = a_{4} = 1

and

a_{m} = f r a c a_{m - 1} a_{m - 4} + a_{m - 2} a_{m - 3} a_{m - 5}

for

m g e q 5

. We relate the arithmetic of the Somos-5 sequence to the elliptic curve

E : y^{2} + x y = x^{3} + x^{2} - 2 x

and use properties of Galois representations attached to

E

to prove the density of primes

p

dividing some term in the Somos-5 sequence is equal to

f r a c 508710752

.

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