%I #58 Sep 16 2023 03:34:35
%S 0,1,1,2,5,29,866,750797,563696885165,317754178345286893212434,
%T 100967717855888389973004846476977145423449281581
%N a(n) = a(n-1)^2 + a(n-2)^2 for n >= 2 with a(0) = 0 and a(1) = 1.
%H Vincenzo Librandi, <a href="/A000283/b000283.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..14</a>
%H Steven J. Miller (ed.), <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1dr358t">Benford's Law: Theory and Applications</a>, Princeton University Press, 2015; see page 5.
%F a(0)=0; for n >= 1, a(n) = floor(A^(2^(n-1))), where A=1.2353927377854368896\ 22331013228440824347457186913679454733601897236639743839118542826528455451978134... - _Benoit Cloitre_, May 03 2003
%p A000283 := proc(n) option remember; if n <= 1 then n else A000283(n-2)^2+A000283(n-1)^2; fi; end;
%t RecurrenceTable[{a[n + 2] == a[n + 1]^2 + a[n]^2, a[0] == 0, a[1] == 1}, a, {n, 0, 12}] (* _Emanuele Munarini_, Mar 30 2017 *)
%o (PARI) {a(n) = if( n<2, n>0, a(n-1)^2 + a(n-2)^2)}; /* _Michael Somos_, Feb 10 2002 */
%o (Maxima) a(n) := if n=0 then 0 elseif n=1 then 1 else a(n-1)^2 + a(n-2)^2;
%o makelist(a(n),n,0,12); /* _Emanuele Munarini_, Mar 30 2017 */
%Y Cf. A000278.
%K nonn,easy
%O 0,4
%A Stephen J. Greenfield (greenfie(AT)math.rutgers.edu)
%E Name clarified by _David A. Corneth_, Jul 14 2018