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A179505
n-th derivative of x^(x^(x^(x^x))) at x=1.
6
1, 1, 2, 9, 56, 480, 4374, 47894, 574888, 7829424, 116392080, 1901059512, 33564909432, 639562529424, 13047133134840, 283976169754440, 6563364026374464, 160538113862231808, 4141949353327046592, 112396373034208003008, 3199752121483607518080
OFFSET
0,3
LINKS
FORMULA
E.g.f.: (x+1)^((x+1)^((x+1)^((x+1)^(x+1)))). - Alois P. Heinz, Aug 21 2012
MAPLE
a:= n-> n!*coeff(series(subs(x=x+1, x^(x^(x^(x^x))) ), x, n+1), x, n):
seq(a(n), n=0..25); # Alois P. Heinz, Aug 21 2012
MATHEMATICA
f[n_] := D[x^(x^(x^(x^x))), {x, n}] /. x -> 1; Array[f, 16, 0]
Range[0, 20]! CoefficientList[ Series[(1 + x)^(1 + x)^(1 + x)^(1 + x)^(1 + x), {x, 0, 20}], x] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 03 2013 *)
CROSSREFS
Column k=17 of A215703.
Column k=5 of A277537.
Sequence in context: A036243 A376106 A364822 * A211205 A277538 A277539
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 17 2010
EXTENSIONS
a(16)-a(20) from Alois P. Heinz, Aug 21 2012
STATUS
approved