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A002715 An infinite coprime sequence defined by recursion.
(Formerly M2683 N1073)
4
3, 7, 23, 47, 1103, 2207, 2435423, 4870847, 11862575248703, 23725150497407, 281441383062305809756861823, 562882766124611619513723647, 158418504200047111075388369241884118003210485743490303 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENTS

Every term is relatively prime to all others.

REFERENCES

A. W. F. Edwards, Infinite coprime sequences, Math. Gaz., 48 (1964), 416-422.

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).

FORMULA

a(2n+1)=2a(2n)+1, a(2n)=(a(2n-1)^2-3)/2, a(0)=3.

PROG

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

CROSSREFS

Cf. A001685, A003686, A064526.

Sequence in context: A014426 A054270 A058000 * A112052 A205491 A203253

Adjacent sequences:  A002712 A002713 A002714 * A002716 A002717 A002718

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

More terms from J. O. Shallit.

Edited by Michael Somos Feb 01 2004

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