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A261621 Rocket Sequence 42: a(0) = 42, a(n) = A073846(a(n-1)). 2
42, 73, 52, 101, 70, 149, 100, 229, 150, 379, 243, 159, 108, 251, 164, 421, 267, 174, 449, 286, 823, 508, 1609, 968, 3461, 2040, 8111, 4689, 2745, 1631, 981, 600, 1987, 1189, 723, 448, 1423, 861, 530, 1697, 1020, 3643, 2146, 8623, 4978, 22193, 12602, 62791 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
This sequence has been checked up to a(108) = 106838266736 without reaching 42. It seems to be slowly climbing in value in both the negative and positive directions. Its period is either extremely large or more probably infinite.
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n+1) = A073846(a(n)).
a(n-1) = A073898(a(n)).
EXAMPLE
a(1) = A073846(a(0)) = A073846(42) = 73.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A330893 A305153 A340570 * A043689 A043573 A043733
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Chayim Lowen, Sep 09 2015
STATUS
approved

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