A175988 - OEIS

A175988

a(1) = 1, for n >= 2: a(n) = (a(n-1) - 1)^n.

1, 0, -1, 16, 759375, 191749544167774320464809980317709376

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OFFSET

1,4

COMMENTS

a(7) has 247 digits and is too long to be displayed here.

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EXAMPLE

For n = 4: a(4) = (-1 - 1)^4 = 16.

MATHEMATICA

RecurrenceTable[{a[1]==1, a[n]==(a[n-1]-1)^n}, a, {n, 7}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Feb 17 2016 *)

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KEYWORD

sign

AUTHOR

STATUS

approved