A143760 - OEIS (original) (raw)

A143760

a(n+1) = a(n)^2 + n^2, a(1) = 1.

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COMMENTS

Let f(n+1,k) = f(n,k)^2 + k*n*f(n,k) + n^2, f(1, k) = 1:

FORMULA

a(n) ~ c^(2^n), where c = 1.3076706365483739101135324977730044318963776104568586126528165276768888613... . - Vaclav Kotesovec, Dec 18 2014

MATHEMATICA

RecurrenceTable[{a[1]==1, a[n]==a[n-1]^2+(n-1)^2}, a[n], {n, 10}] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 03 2011 *)