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A281434
Number of terms in the fully expanded n-th derivative of x^(x^x).
3
1, 3, 12, 30, 64, 113, 188, 285, 415, 577, 780, 1017, 1312, 1648, 2044, 2489, 3008, 3583, 4236, 4953, 5760, 6638, 7611, 8664, 9822, 11069, 12426, 13880, 15455, 17131, 18940, 20855, 22912, 25083, 27404, 29844, 32448, 35178, 38075, 41109, 44320, 47672, 51212
OFFSET
0,2
EXAMPLE
For n=1, the 1st derivative of x^(x^x) is x^(x^x+x-1) + x^(x^x+x)*log(x) + x^(x^x+x)*log^2(x), so a(1) = 3.
MATHEMATICA
Join[{1}, Length /@ Rest[NestList[Expand[D[#, x]] &, x^x^x, 42]]]
CROSSREFS
Cf. A293239.
Sequence in context: A135503 A048088 A064181 * A296289 A089143 A073952
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved