A306429 According to Larry Baggett, this sequence appeared on a Florida College Prep Exam. The exam question was, of course, given six or seven terms, to find the next term.

6, 42, 7, 12, 48, 16, 18, 18

Offset

1,1

Comments

To proceed from one term to the next, we apply *7, /6, +5, *4, /3, +2, *1, and now we must stop since we cannot divide by 0. - Bernard Schott, Feb 14 2019

The sequence could have started two steps earlier, giving -18, -2, 6, 42, 7, 12, 48, 16, 18, 18. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 14 2019

References

Larry Baggett, In the Dark, on the Sunny Side. MAA Spectrum 2012. Page 105.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..8.

Crossrefs

Cf. A323999.

Sequence in context: A109856 A249135 A250387 * A117693 A153243 A186885

Adjacent sequences: A306426 A306427 A306428 * A306430 A306431 A306432

Keyword

nonn,fini,full

Author

David Gove, Feb 13 2019

Status

approved