This is a front-end for the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, made by Christian Perfect. The idea is to provide OEIS entries in non-ancient HTML, and then to think about how they're presented visually. The source code is on GitHub.
%I A014980 #37 Jul 02 2025 16:01:55 %S A014980 5,6,9,20,100,2500,1562500,610351562500,93132257461547851562500, %T A014980 2168404344971008868014905601739883422851562500, %U A014980 1175494350822287507968736537222245677818665556772087521508751706278417259454727172851562500 %N A014980 a(n+1) = floor(a(n)/2) * ceiling(a(n)/2), a(0) = 5. %C A014980 A194079(n) gives number of digits of a(n). %F A014980 a(0) = 5; a(k+1) = floor(a(k)/2) * ceiling(a(k)/2). %F A014980 a(n+1) = A002620(a(n)), a(0) = 5. - _Reinhard Zumkeller_, Oct 12 2011 %e A014980 6 = 2*3; 9 = 3*3; 20 = 4*5; ... %t A014980 a=5;a=Table[a=Ceiling[a/2]*Floor[a/2],{n,0,10}] (* _Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky_, Apr 13 2010 *) %t A014980 NestList[Floor[#/2]Ceiling[#/2]&,5,10] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Jul 10 2012 *) %o A014980 (Haskell) %o A014980 a014980 n = a014980_list !! n %o A014980 a014980_list = iterate a002620 5 %o A014980 -- _Reinhard Zumkeller_, Oct 12 2011 %o A014980 (Python) %o A014980 from itertools import accumulate %o A014980 def f(an, _): return (an//2)*((an+1)//2) %o A014980 print(list(accumulate([5]*11, f))) # _Michael S. Branicky_, May 06 2021 %Y A014980 Cf. A002620, A194079. %K A014980 nonn,nice,easy %O A014980 0,1 %A A014980 Colin Sandon (sandon(AT)together.net) %E A014980 More terms from _James Sellers_, Feb 05 2000