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%I A211663 #12 May 14 2025 01:13:28 %S A211663 1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3, %T A211663 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3, %U A211663 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3 %N A211663 Number of iterations log(log(log(...(n)...))) such that the result is < 1. %C A211663 Same as A211661 for n < 16. %F A211663 With the exponentiation definition E_{i=1..n} c(i) := c(1)^(c(2)^(c(3)^(...(c(n-1)^(c(n)))...))); E_{i=1..0} := 1; example: E_{i=1..4} 3 = 3^(3^(3^3)) = 3^(3^27), we get: %F A211663 a(ceiling(E_{i=1..n} e)) = a(ceiling(E_{i=1..n-1} e))+1, for n>=1. %F A211663 G.f.: g(x) = (1/(1-x))*Sum_{k>=0} x^(ceiling(E_{i=1..k} e)). The explicit first terms of the g.f. are g(x) = (x + x^3 + x^16 + x^3814280 + ...)/(1-x). %e A211663 a(n)=1, 2, 3, 4, for n=1, ceiling(e), ceiling(e^e), ceiling(e^e^e), = 1, 3, 16, 3814280, respectively. %Y A211663 Cf. A001069, A010096, A211662, A211664, A211666, A211668, A211669. %K A211663 base,nonn %O A211663 1,3 %A A211663 _Hieronymus Fischer_, Apr 30 2012