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A165420
a(1) = 1, a(2) = 2, a(n) = product of the previous terms for n >= 3.
5
1, 2, 2, 4, 16, 256, 65536, 4294967296, 18446744073709551616, 340282366920938463463374607431768211456, 115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007913129639936
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Same as A001146 with 1 and 2 added in front. - Stanislav Sykora, Oct 05 2014
LINKS
FORMULA
a(1) = 1, a(2) = 2, a(n) = Product_{i=1..n-1} a(i), n >= 3.
a(1) = 1, a(2) = 2, a(n) = A000079(2^(n-3)) = A001146(n-3) = 2^(2^(n-3)), n >= 3.
a(1) = 1, a(2) = 2, a(3) = 2, a(n) = (a(n-1))^2, n >= 4.
MATHEMATICA
a[1]:= 1; a[2]:= 2; a[n_]:= Product[a[j], {j, 1, n-1}]; Table[a[n], {n, 1, 12}] (* G. C. Greubel, Oct 19 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) {a(n) = if(n==1, 1, if(n==2, 2, prod(j=1, n-1, a(j))))};
for(n=1, 10, print1(a(n), ", ")) \\ G. C. Greubel, Oct 19 2018
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A063401 A168088 A168089 * A171163 A129614 A070283
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Jaroslav Krizek, Sep 17 2009
STATUS
approved