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A206636
a(n) = 2^^(n+2) modulo 10^n, where ^^ denotes a power tower (see A133612).
3
6, 36, 736, 8736, 48736, 948736, 2948736, 32948736, 432948736, 3432948736, 53432948736, 353432948736, 5353432948736, 75353432948736, 75353432948736, 5075353432948736, 15075353432948736, 615075353432948736, 8615075353432948736, 98615075353432948736, 98615075353432948736, 8098615075353432948736
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Backward concatenation of A133612.
For all m>n+1, 2^^m == 2^^(n+2) (mod 10^n). Hence, each term represents the trailing decimal digits of 2^^m for every sufficiently large m.
REFERENCES
M. Ripà, La strana coda della serie n^n^...^n, Trento, UNI Service, Nov 2011. ISBN 978-88-6178-789-6.
FORMULA
a(n) = A014221(n+3) mod (10^n).
For n>1, a(n) = 2^a(n-1) mod 10^n.
MATHEMATICA
(* first load all lines of Super Power Mod by Ilan Vardi from the hyper-link, then *) $RecursionLimit = 2^14; a[n_] := SuperPowerMod[2, n +2, 10^n]; Array[a, 22] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Apr 20 2020 *)
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Marco Ripà, Feb 10 2012
STATUS
approved