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A001042 a(n) = a(n-1)^2 - a(n-2)^2.
(Formerly M0743 N0279)
2
1, 2, 3, 5, 16, 231, 53105, 2820087664, 7952894429824835871, 63248529811938901240357985099443351745, 4000376523371723941902615329287219027543200136435757892789536976747706216384 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

The next term has 152 digits. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters (FrankTAW(AT)Netscape.net), Jun 11 2009

REFERENCES

Archimedeans Problems Drive, Eureka, 27 (1964), 6.

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

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

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

CROSSREFS

Cf. A001146, A000278, A000283, A058182, A007018.

Sequence in context: A111183 A192648 A048112 * A035089 A045313 A045314

Adjacent sequences:  A001039 A001040 A001041 * A001043 A001044 A001045

KEYWORD

nonn,nice,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), R. K. Guy

EXTENSIONS

More terms from James A. Sellers (sellersj(AT)math.psu.edu), Sep 19 2000

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