A208222 a(n) = (a(n-1)^3*a(n-3)^2+a(n-2))/a(n-4) with a(0)=a(1)=a(2)=a(3)=1.

1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 9, 731, 1562471573, 154486807085783774292345385804

Offset

0,5

Comments

This is the case a=2, b=1, c=3, y(0)=y(1)=y(2)=y(3)=1 of the recurrence shown in the Example 3.3 of "The Laurent phenomenon" (see Link lines, p. 10).

Links

Seiichi Manyama, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..11

Sergey Fomin and Andrei Zelevinsky, The Laurent phenomenon, arXiv:math/0104241v1 [math.CO] (2001), Advances in Applied Mathematics 28 (2002), 119-144.

Maple

y:=proc(n) if n<4 then return 1: fi: return (y(n-1)^3*y(n-3)^2+y(n-2))/y(n-4): end:
seq(y(n), n=0..9);

Mathematica

a[n_]:=If[n<4, 1, (a[n - 1]^3*a[n - 3]^2 + a[n - 2])/a[n - 4]]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 11}] (* Indranil Ghosh, Mar 19 2017 *)
nxt[{a_, b_, c_, d_}]:={b, c, d, (d^3 b^2+c)/a}; NestList[nxt, {1, 1, 1, 1}, 10][[All, 1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 31 2020 *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A048736, A208219, A208221, A208225.

Sequence in context: A023366 A000284 A208219 * A208225 A208228 A262089

Adjacent sequences: A208219 A208220 A208221 * A208223 A208224 A208225

Keyword

nonn

Author

Matthew C. Russell, Apr 25 2012

Status

approved