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A269265

a(0) = a(1) = 1; thereafter a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-2) if n is even, otherwise a(n) = a(n-1)^2.

1, 1, 2, 4, 6, 36, 42, 1764, 1806, 3261636, 3263442, 10650053687364, 10650056950806, 113423713055411194304049636, 113423713055421844361000442, 12864938683278671740537145884937248491231415124195364, 12864938683278671740537145998360961546653259485195806

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OFFSET

0,3

COMMENTS

The first bisection is A007018, the second bisection is A174864 (with an only initial 1).

After 2, all terms belong to A238411.

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..16.

FORMULA

a(n) = ( 1 + Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)-1} a(2*k+1) )^(3-(-1)^n)/2 for n>1.

MATHEMATICA

a[n_] := If[OddQ@n, a[n - 1] + a[n - 2], a[n - 1]^2]; a[0] = 1; Array[a, 17]