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A099137 Iterated pentagonal numbers starting with 2.

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%I A099137 #24 Feb 16 2025 08:32:54
%S A099137 2,5,35,1820,4967690,37016913420305,2055377818749516111922729385,
%T A099137 6336866966711278058881411525857304983854251425952352645
%N A099137 Iterated pentagonal numbers starting with 2.
%H A099137 Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, <a href="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/PentagonalNumber.html">Pentagonal Number</a>
%F A099137 Let P(n) = n*(3*n-1)/2, a(1) = 2 and a(n) = P(a(n-1)) for n >= 2.
%t A099137 NestList[PolygonalNumber[5,#]&,2,8] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Sep 07 2024 *)
%o A099137 (PARI) a(n)=if(n==1,2,a(n-1)*(3*a(n-1)-1)/2); \\ _Joerg Arndt_, Mar 05 2023
%Y A099137 Cf. A007501, A000326.
%K A099137 easy,nonn
%O A099137 0,1
%A A099137 _Jonathan Vos Post_, Nov 14 2004
%E A099137 Edited by _Giovanni Resta_, Jun 17 2016
%E A099137 Edited by _Joerg Arndt_, Mar 05 2023