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A137411 Weak Goodstein sequence starting at 11. 0
11, 30, 67, 127, 217, 343, 511, 636, 775, 928, 1095, 1276, 1471, 1680, 1903, 2139, 2389, 2653, 2931, 3223, 3529, 3849, 4183, 4531, 4893, 5269, 5659, 6063, 6481, 6913, 7359, 7818, 8291, 8778, 9279, 9794, 10323, 10866, 11423, 11994, 12579, 13178 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

2,1

COMMENTS

The sequence eventually goes to zero, as can be seen by noting that multiples of the highest exponent (3 in this case) only go down; in fact the 8th term, a(8) = 7*8^2 + 7*8 + 7 = 511; after which the multiple of the square term will only go down, etc.

This sequence, for 11, grows beyond the quintillions of digits before going to zero.

REFERENCES

K. Hrbacek & T. Jech, Introduction to Set Theory, Taylor & Francis Group, 1999, pp. 125-127.

FORMULA

To obtain a(n + 1), write a(n) in base n, increase the base to n + 1 and subtract 1.

EXAMPLE

a(2) = 11 = 2^3 + 2^1 + 2^0

a(3) = 3^3 + 3^1 + 3^0 - 1 = 30

a(4) = 4^3 + 4^1 - 1 = 4^3 + 3*4^0 = 67

CROSSREFS

Cf. A056004 (strong Goodstein sequences), A059933 (strong Goodstein sequence for 16.).

Sequence in context: A163060 A051682 A109943 * A002755 A157827 A196374

Adjacent sequences:  A137408 A137409 A137410 * A137412 A137413 A137414

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Nicholas Matteo (kundor(AT)kundor.org), Apr 15 2008

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