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A005828 a(n) = 2 a(n-1)^2 - 1.
(Formerly M3642)
+0
2
4, 31, 1921, 7380481, 108942999582721, 23737154316161495960243527681, 1126904990058528673830897031906808442930637286502826475521 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENT

An infinite coprime sequence defined by recursion. - Michael Somos Mar 14 2004

REFERENCES

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

J. O. Shallit, personal communication.

LINKS

Anonymous, Fermat's rule for 3-fold perfect numbers

PROGRAM

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<1, 4*(n==0), 2*a(n-1)^2-1)

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<0, 0, subst(poltchebi(2^n), x, 4))

CROSSREFS

A001091(2^n)=a(n).

Sequence in context: A141827 A143077 A005841 this_sequence A084764 A061789 A103909

Adjacent sequences: A005825 A005826 A005827 this_sequence A005829 A005830 A005831

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

Jeffrey Shallit

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