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A179092 Variant of Sylvester's sequence: a(n + 1) = a(n)^2 - a(n) + 1, with a(1) = 16.

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%I A179092 #13 Jun 02 2025 02:59:03
%S A179092 16,241,57841,3345523441,11192527090934957041,
%T A179092 125272662681312932108439098957580518641,
%U A179092 15693240015266013784686188640793618219085803766811358216456462217808967968241
%N A179092 Variant of Sylvester's sequence: a(n + 1) = a(n)^2 - a(n) + 1, with a(1) = 16.
%C A179092 The next term (a(8)) has 153 digits. - _Harvey P. Dale_, May 11 2022
%D A179092 Mohammad K. Azarian, Sylvester's Sequence and the Infinite Egyptian Fraction Decomposition of 1, Problem 958, College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 42, No. 4, September 2011, p. 330. Solution published in Vol. 43, No. 4, September 2012, pp. 340-342
%H A179092 Markus Tervooren, <a href="http://factordb.com/search.php?se=28&amp;aq=16&amp;action=all">Factorizations of Silvester/Euclid sequence 16</a>
%t A179092 NestList[#^2-#+1&,16,6] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, May 11 2022 *)
%Y A179092 Cf. A144779, A144780, A144781, A144782, A144783, A144784, A144785
%K A179092 nonn
%O A179092 1,1
%A A179092 _Ivan Panchenko_, Jun 29 2010