OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
a^^b (a to the hyper-4 power b) is the right associative power tower a^a^...^a^a of height b.
a^^^b (a to the hyper-5 power b) is the right associative hyper-4 power tower a^^a^^...^^a^^a of height b. a^^^-1 = 0, a^^^0 = 1;
We exclude b=1 because otherwise all natural numbers would be in the sequence.
EXAMPLE
Numbers satisfying the properties stated above:
3^^^2 = 3^^3 = 3^3^3 = 3^27 = 7625597484987;
2^^^3 = 2^^2^^2 = 2^^4 = 2^2^2^2 = 2^2^4 = 2^16 = 65536;
1^^^4 = 1^^1^^1^^1 = 1.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,bref
AUTHOR
Natan Arie Consigli, May 07 2015
STATUS
approved