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A000289 A nonlinear recurrence: a(n) = a(n-1)^2-3*a(n-1)+3 (for n>1).
(Formerly M3316 N1333)
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1, 4, 7, 31, 871, 756031, 571580604871, 326704387862983487112031, 106735757048926752040856495274871386126283608871, 11392521832807516835658052968328096177131218666695418950023483907701862019030266123104859068031 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

An infinite coprime sequence defined by recursion. - Michael Somos Mar 14 2004

This is the special case k=3 of sequences with exact mutual k-residues. In general, a(1)=k+1 and a(n)=min{m | m>a(n-1), mod(m,a(i))=k, i=1,...,n-1}. k=1 gives Sylvester's sequence A000058 and k=2 Fermat sequence A000215. - Seppo Mustonen, Sep 4 2005

REFERENCES

R. Mestrovic, Euclid's theorem on the infinitude of primes: a historical survey of its proofs (300 BC--2012) and another new proof, Arxiv preprint arXiv:1202.3670, 2012 - From N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 13 2012

N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..9.

A. V. Aho and N. J. A. Sloane, Some doubly exponential sequences, Fib. Quart., 11 (1973), 429-437.

S. W. Golomb, On certain nonlinear recurring sequences, Amer. Math. Monthly 70 (1963), 403-405.

S. Mustonen, On integer sequences with mutual k-residues

Index entries for sequences of form a(n+1)=a(n)^2 + ...

FORMULA

a(n) = A005267(n)+2 (for n>0).

a(n)=ceiling(c^(2^n))+1 where c = A077141. - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 29 2002

For n>0, a(n) = 3+Prod{i=0,...,n-1} a(i).- Vladimir Shevelev, Dec 8 2010

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<2, max(0, 1+3*n), a(n-1)^2-3*a(n-1)+3)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000058.

Sequence in context: A123801 A156228 A218959 * A149089 A004031 A153062

Adjacent sequences:  A000286 A000287 A000288 * A000290 A000291 A000292

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane.

STATUS

approved

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