OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
a(17) = 16 is exactly 16^(3/4) + 16^(3/4) = 16. This is a fixed point, so a(n) = 16 for all n>14.
EXAMPLE
a(2) = ceiling(a(0)^(3/4) + a(1)^(3/4)) = ceiling(1^(3/4) + 1^(3/4)) = 2.
a(3) = ceiling(a(1)^(3/4) + a(2)^(3/4)) = ceiling(1^(3/4) + 2^(3/4)) = ceiling(2.68179283) = 3.
a(4) = ceiling(2^(3/4) + 3^(3/4)) = ceiling(3.96129989) = 4.
a(5) = ceiling(3^(3/4) + 4^(3/4)) = ceiling(5.10793418) = 6.
a(6) = ceiling(4^(3/4) + 6^(3/4)) = ceiling(6.66208575) = 7.
MATHEMATICA
RecurrenceTable[{a[0]==1, a[1]==1, a[n]==Ceiling[a[n-1]^(3/4)+ a[n-2]^(3/4)]}, a[n], {n, 80}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 22 2011 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Jonathan Vos Post, Feb 21 2006
EXTENSIONS
Edited by N. J. A. Sloane, May 20 2006
STATUS
approved