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A000278 a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-2)^2. +0
10
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 7, 16, 65, 321, 4546, 107587, 20773703, 11595736272, 431558332068481, 134461531248108526465, 186242594112190847520182173826 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,4

LINKS

W. Duke, Stephen J. Greenfield and Eugene R. Speer, Properties of a Quadratic Fibonacci Recurrence, J. Integer Sequences, 1998, #98.1.8.

FORMULA

a(2n) is asymptotic to A^(sqrt(2)^(2n-1)) where A=1.668751581493687393311628852632911281060730869124873165099170786836201970866312366402366761987... and a(2n+1) to B^(sqrt(2)^(2n)) where B=1.693060557587684004961387955790151505861127759176717820241560622552858106116817244440438308887... See reference for proof. - Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), May 03 2003

MAPLE

A000278 := proc(n) option remember; if n <= 1 then n else A000278(n-2)^2+A000278(n-1); fi; end;

PROGRAM

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<2, n>0, a(n-1)+a(n-2)^2)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000283.

Adjacent sequences: A000275 A000276 A000277 this_sequence A000279 A000280 A000281

Sequence in context: A002854 A036356 A034732 this_sequence A077322 A089144 A045332

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

greenfie(AT)math.rutgers.edu (Stephen J. Greenfield)

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