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A000278 a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-2)^2. 11
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 7, 16, 65, 321, 4546, 107587, 20773703, 11595736272, 431558332068481, 134461531248108526465, 186242594112190847520182173826 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,4

LINKS

W. Duke, Stephen J. Greenfield and Eugene R. Speer, Properties of a Quadratic Fibonacci Recurrence, J. Integer Sequences, 1998, #98.1.8.

FORMULA

a(2n) is asymptotic to A^(sqrt(2)^(2n-1)) where A=1.668751581493687393311628852632911281060730869124873165099170786836201970866312366402366761987... and a(2n+1) to B^(sqrt(2)^(2n)) where B=1.693060557587684004961387955790151505861127759176717820241560622552858106116817244440438308887... See reference for proof. - Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), May 03 2003

MAPLE

A000278 := proc(n) option remember; if n <= 1 then n else A000278(n-2)^2+A000278(n-1); fi; end;

a[ -2]:=0: a[ -1]:=1:a[0]:=1: a[1]:=2: for n from 2 to 13 do a[n]:=a[n-1]+a[n-2]^2 od: seq(a[n], n=-2..13); # [From Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 19 2009]

MATHEMATICA

Join[{a=0, b=1}, Table[c=a^2+b; a=b; b=c, {n, 16}]] (*From Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Jan 22 2011*)

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<2, n>0, a(n-1)+a(n-2)^2)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000283.

Sequence in context: A002854 A036356 A034732 * A153787 A141795 A077322

Adjacent sequences:  A000275 A000276 A000277 * A000279 A000280 A000281

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

greenfie(AT)math.rutgers.edu (Stephen J. Greenfield)

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