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A144743 Recurrence sequence a(n)=a(n-1)^2-a(n-1)-1 a(0)=3 6
3, 5, 19, 341, 115939, 13441735781, 180680260792773944179, 32645356640144805339284259388335434039861, 1065719310162246533488642668727242229836148490441005113524301742665845135502859459 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENTS

a(0)=3 is the smallest integer generating decreasing sequence of the form a(n)=a(n-1)^2-a(n-1)-1

FORMULA

a(n)=a(n-1)^2-a(n-1)-1, a(0)=3.

MATHEMATICA

a = {3}; k = 3; Do[k = k^2 - k - 1; AppendTo[a, k], {n, 1, 10}]; a

CROSSREFS

A000058, A082732, A144744, A144745, A144746, A144747, A144748

Sequence in context: A201108 A172058 A062577 * A171862 A076149 A133102

Adjacent sequences:  A144740 A144741 A144742 * A144744 A144745 A144746

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Artur Jasinski (grafix(AT)csl.pl), Sep 20 2008

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