OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Goodstein's theorem shows that such sequence converges to zero for any starting value.
LINKS
Nicholas Matteo, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..383
R. L. Goodstein, On the Restricted Ordinal Theorem, The Journal of Symbolic Logic 9, no. 2 (1944), 33-41.
EXAMPLE
G_1(12) = B_2(12)-1 = B_2(2^(2+1)+2^2)-1 = 3^(3+1)+3^3-1 = 107;
G_2(12) = B_3(3^(3+1)+2*3^2+2*3+2)-1 = 4^(4+1)+2*4^2+2*4+2-1 = 1065;
G_3(12) = B_4(4^(4+1)+2*4^2+2*4+1)-1 = 5^(5+1)+2*5^2+2*5+1-1 = 15685;
G_4(12) = B_5(5^(5+1)+2*5^2+2*5)-1 = 6^(6+1)+2*6^2+2*6-1 = 280019;
G_5(12) = B_6(6^(6+1)+2*6^2+6+5)-1 = 7^(7+1)+2*7^2+7+5-1 = 5764910;
G_6(12) = B_7(7^(7+1)+2*7^2+7+4)-1 = 8^(8+1)+2*8^2+8+4-1 = 134217867;
G_7(12) = B_8(8^(8+1)+2*8^2+8+3)-1 = 9^(9+1)+2*9^2+9+3-1 = 3486784574.
PROG
(PARI) lista(nn) = {print1(a = 12, ", "); for (n=2, nn, pd = Pol(digits(a, n)); q = sum(k=0, poldegree(pd), if (c=polcoeff(pd, k), c*x^subst(Pol(digits(k, n)), x, n+1), 0)); a = subst(q, x, n+1) - 1; print1(a, ", "); ); }
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,fini
AUTHOR
Natan Arie Consigli, Apr 11 2016
STATUS
approved