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A133400
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a(0)=a(1)=a(2) = 1, thereafter a(n) = a(n-1)*a(n-2)*a(n-3) + 1.
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1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 7, 43, 904, 272105, 10577265561, 2601826668310218121, 7488387181338771882437732599874506, 206081999881071045385328009597554265108557649484947339933019787
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OFFSET
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0,4
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COMMENTS
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FORMULA
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a(n) ~ c^(t^n), where c = 1.1004451797920944914628..., t = A058265 = 1.8392867552141611325518... . - Vaclav Kotesovec, May 05 2015
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EXAMPLE
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a(8) = a(7)*a(6)*a(5) + 1 = 904 * 43 * 7 + 1 = 272105.
a(9) ~ 2.60182667 * 10^18.
a(10) ~ 7.48838719 * 10^33.
a(11) ~ 2.06082 * 10^62.
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MAPLE
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MATHEMATICA
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RecurrenceTable[{a[0]==1, a[1]==1, a[2]==1, a[n] == a[n-1]*a[n-2]*a[n-3] + 1}, a, {n, 0, 15}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, May 05 2015 *)
nxt[{a_, b_, c_}]:={b, c, a*b*c+1}; NestList[nxt, {1, 1, 1}, 15][[All, 1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 05 2017 *)
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PROG
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(PARI) m=15; v=concat([1, 1, 1], vector(m-3)); for(n=4, m, v[n]=v[n-1]*v[n-2] *v[n-3] +1 ); v \\ G. C. Greubel, Sep 20 2019
(Magma) I:=[1, 1, 1]; [n le 3 select I[n] else Self(n-1)*Self(n-2)* Self(n-3) + 1: n in [1..15]]; // G. C. Greubel, Sep 20 2019
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def a(n):
if (n<3): return 1
else: return a(n-1)*a(n-2)*a(n-3) + 1
(GAP) a:=[1, 1, 1];; for n in [4..15] do a[n]:=a[n-1]*a[n-2]*a[n-3]+1; od; a; # G. C. Greubel, Sep 20 2019
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KEYWORD
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easy,nonn
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AUTHOR
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STATUS
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approved
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