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A144747 Recurrence sequence a(n)=a(n-1)^2-a(n-1)-1, a(0)=7. 5
41, 1639, 2684681, 7207509387079, 51948191564824694742765161, 2698614606855723567054656642857156538246857652590759, 7282520796335071470236496456671241855257664867148949932302276253455702665493855273950765616767079605321 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

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 and a(0)=7

MATHEMATICA

a = {}; k = 7; Do[k = k^2 - k - 1; AppendTo[a, k], {n, 1, 10}]; a

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000058, A082732, A144743, A144744, A144745, A144746, A144748

Sequence in context: A076462 A163050 A180667 * A162878 A163224 A163677

Adjacent sequences:  A144744 A144745 A144746 * A144748 A144749 A144750

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

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

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