An elliptic sequence is not a sampled linear recurrence sequence

Abstract

Let E be an elliptic curve defined over the rationals and in minimal Weierstrass form, and let P=(x1/z12,y1/z13) be a rational point of infinite order on E, where x1,y1,z1 are coprime integers. We show that the integer sequence (zn) defined by nP=(xn/zn2,yn/zn3) for all n 1 does not eventually coincide with (un2) for any choice of linear recurrence sequence (un) with integer values.

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