# What are the rules here?

1, 5, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1,...

14, 2, 10, 2, 6, 2, 2, 2,...

2, 14, 2, 10, 2, 6, 2, 2, 2,...

9, 3, 3, 3, 3,...

26, 61, 26, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0,...

• What's the source of this puzzle? – Nathan Hinchey Jun 12 '18 at 18:28
• @NathanHinchey No source, just created it myself. – Vincent Mia Edie Verheyen Jun 13 '18 at 6:05

A minor refinement on athin's answer to account for the last sequence:

Denote the last two numbers in the sequence are $A$ and $B$ (initially there are only two numbers).

If $A < B$, append $A$ to the sequence;
else, append the greater of $A-2B$ and 0.

• But, for $1 1$, it should be $1$ not $0$ on the first sequence. – athin Jun 12 '18 at 0:25
• Good point! My answer does not account for all of them! – Nathan Hinchey Jun 12 '18 at 18:27

It's possible that the rule is:

Denote the last two numbers in the sequence are $A$ and $B$ (initially there are only two numbers).

If $A < B$, append $A$ to the sequence;
else, append $|A-2B|$.

• In this case, the last sequence is wrong! – Florian Bourse Jun 11 '18 at 13:25
• you need a second "if": if $A>2B$, append $|A-2B|$, else append $A - 2$ (or $B - 1$?). – GentlePurpleRain Jun 11 '18 at 14:53
• Oh, and if $A=B$, append $A$ (or $B$). – GentlePurpleRain Jun 11 '18 at 14:54
• Whoops I just realized this.. and uh tbh it's rather hacky to have 3 ifs btw :( – athin Jun 12 '18 at 0:22