A120905 Real part of (1 + 2i)^(2^n) where i is sqrt(-1).

1, -3, -7, -527, 164833, -98248054847, -3977703802948722503807, -510456831154766758152181998159655209453904127

Offset: 0

Author

Gary W. Adamson, Jul 14 2006

Keywords

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Comments

The next term a(8) has 90 digits and is too large to be displayed here.

Examples

			a(3) = -527 since (1 + 2i)^8 = (-527 + 336i) = A006495(8).
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A006495.

Programs

Maple

a:= n-> Re((1 + 2*I)^(2^n));
seq (a(n), n=0..10);

Mathematica

Table[Re[(1 + 2I)^(2^n)], {n, 0, 8}] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Jul 23 2006 *)

Formula

a(n) = A006495(2^n).

a(n) = real part of (2 + sqrt(-1))^(2^n) for n >= 0.

Extensions

Corrected and extended by Stefan Steinerberger and Emeric Deutsch, Jul 23 2006