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A078590
a(1)=1, a(2)=1, a(n)=(2^a(n-1) + 1)/a(n-2).
0
1, 1, 3, 9, 171, 332572817028187686275682948600327513806149983112761
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
Are all terms integers?
MATHEMATICA
nxt[{a_, b_}]:={b, (2^b+1)/a}; NestList[nxt, {1, 1}, 5][[All, 1]]//Quiet (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 08 2017 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A217638 A101967 A377026 * A358704 A061963 A174603
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Benoit Cloitre, Dec 06 2002
STATUS
approved