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A019460 Add 1, multiply by 1, add 2, multiply by 2, etc. 6
2, 3, 3, 5, 10, 13, 39, 43, 172, 177, 885, 891, 5346, 5353, 37471, 37479, 299832, 299841, 2698569, 2698579, 26985790, 26985801, 296843811, 296843823, 3562125876, 3562125889, 46307636557, 46307636571, 648306911994 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENTS

After a(7)=43, the next prime in the sequence is a(649) with 676 digits.- M. F. Hasler, Jan 12 2011

REFERENCES

New York Times, Oct 13, 1996.

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..28.

Nick Hobson, Python program for this sequence

FORMULA

a(2n) = 2(A000522(n) + n!) - n - 2

a(2n+1) = 2(A000522(n) + n!) - 1

Recursive: a(0) = 2, a(n) = ( 1 + floor((n-1)/2) - ceil((n-1)/2) ) * ( a(n-1) + (n+2)/2 ) + ( ceil((n-1)/2) - floor((n-1)/2) ) * ( (n/2)*a(n-1) ). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jan 12 2013

MATHEMATICA

a[n_] := If[ OddQ@n, a[n - 1] + (n + 1)/2, a[n - 1]*n/2]; a[0] = 2; Table[ a@n, {n, 0, 28}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 21 2009 *)

PROG

A019460(n)=2*(A000522(n\2)+(n\2)!)-if(bittest(n, 0), 1, n\2+2)

/* For producing the terms in increasing order, the following 'hack' can be used M. F. Hasler, Jan 12 2011 */

lastn=0; an1=1; A000522(n)={ an1=if(n, n==lastn & return(an1); n==lastn+1|error(); an1*lastn=n)+1 }

CROSSREFS

Cf. A019463, A019462, A019461, A082448.

Sequence in context: A065460 A175147 A001180 * A049855 A064339 A174010

Adjacent sequences:  A019457 A019458 A019459 * A019461 A019462 A019463

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane.

EXTENSIONS

Added one more term and the Mathematica coding - Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 21 2009

Formula provided by Nathaniel Johnston, Nov 11 2010

Double-checked formula and added PARI code - M. F. Hasler, Nov 12 2010

STATUS

approved

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