A144785 Variant of Sylvester's sequence: a(n+1) = a(n)^2 - a(n) + 1, with a(1) = 12

12, 133, 17557, 308230693, 95006159799029557, 9026170399758739819525199160586693, 81471752085480849000657595909467634426991447160798281416700808089557

Offset

1,1

References

Mohammad K. Azarian, Sylvester's Sequence and the Infinite Egyptian Fraction Decomposition of 1, Problem 958, College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 42, No. 4, September 2011, p. 330. Solution published in Vol. 43, No. 4, September 2012, pp. 340-342

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..7.

Formula

a(n) =3.39277252592669675143137065018187376847206615308598784654603692312172475924599026837940758013759324881455503678006543568111163817496672898^(2^n) a(n+1) = a(n)^2 - a(n) + 1, with a(1) = 11

Mathematica

a = {}; r = 12; Do[AppendTo[a, r]; r = r^2 - r + 1, {n, 1, 10}]; a or Table[Round[3.39277252592669675143137065018187376847206615308598784654603692312172475924599026837940758013759324881455503678006543568111163817496672898^(2^n)], {n, 1, 8}] (*Artur Jasinski*)
NestList[#^2-#+1&, 12, 6] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 01 2016 *)

Crossrefs

A000058, A082732, A144779, A144780, A144781, A144782, A144783, A144784, A144785, A144786, A144787, A144788

Sequence in context: A353148 A015457 A015469 * A214994 A208440 A218762

Adjacent sequences: A144782 A144783 A144784 * A144786 A144787 A144788

Keyword

nonn

Author

Artur Jasinski, Sep 21 2008

Status

approved