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A086714 a(1)=4, a(n)=a(n-1)*(a(n-1)-1)/2. 0
4, 6, 15, 105, 5460, 14903070, 111050740260915, 6166133456248548335768188155, 19010600900133834176644234577571914951562754277857057935 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

The next two terms, a(10) and a(11), have 111 and 221 digits. [from Harvey P. Dale, June 10 2011]

EXAMPLE

a(2)=a(1)*(a(1)-1)/2 = 4*3/2 = 6

MATHEMATICA

RecurrenceTable[{a[1]==4, a[n]==(a[n-1](a[n-1]-1))/2}, a[n], {n, 10}] (* From Harvey P. Dale, June 10 2011 *)

PROG

(PARI) v=vector(10, i, (i==1)*4); for(i=2, 10, v[i]=v[i-1]*(v[i-1]-1)/2); v

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A073603 A064910 A191311 * A009463 A066260 A141042

Adjacent sequences:  A086711 A086712 A086713 * A086715 A086716 A086717

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Jon Perry (perry(AT)globalnet.co.uk), Jul 29 2003

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