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A002813 a(n) = a(n-1)^3 - 3*a(n-1)^2 + 3.
(Formerly M3561 N1443)
1
4, 19, 5779, 192900153619, 7177905237579946589743592924684179, 369822356418414944143680173221426891716916679027557977938929258031490127514207143830378340325399155219 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENTS

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

The next term, a(7), has 305 digits. [From Harvey P. Dale, Jul 19 2011]

REFERENCES

L. E. Dickson, History of the Theory of Numbers. Carnegie Institute Public. 256, Washington, DC, Vol. 1, 1919; Vol. 2, 1920; Vol. 3, 1923, see vol. 1, p. 397.

E. Lucas, Nouveaux theoremes d'arithmetique superieure, Comptes Rend., 83 (1876), 1286-1288.

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

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..8

FORMULA

a(n)=L(2*3^n)+1 where L=Lucas numbers.

a(n)=L(3^(n+1))/L(3^n) - Benoit Cloitre, Sep 18 2005

a(n) = A001999(n)+1 - R. J. Mathar, Apr 22 2007

MATHEMATICA

NestList[#^3-3#^2+3&, 4, 6] (* From Harvey P. Dale, Jul 19 2011 *)

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<1, 4*(n==0), a(n-1)^3-3*a(n-1)^2+3)

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

(MAGMA) [Lucas(2*3^n)+1: n in [0..5]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 20 2011

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A000844 A000863 A023994 * A104159 A039921 A081852

Adjacent sequences:  A002810 A002811 A002812 * A002814 A002815 A002816

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice

AUTHOR

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

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