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A179090
Variant of Sylvester's sequence: a(n + 1) = a(n)^2 - a(n) + 1, with a(1) = 14
1
14, 183, 33307, 1109322943, 1230597390756858307, 1514369938137587813730274566118047943, 2293316309534841541915473293317407057146218304394352680966696226728483307
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The next term (a(8)) has 145 digits. - ~~~
REFERENCES
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
MATHEMATICA
NestList[#^2-#+1&, 14, 8] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 14 2021 *)
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Ivan Panchenko, Jun 29 2010
STATUS
approved