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document.write( "what will be the next number? how is this calculated & what formula it was derived?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1, 2, 6, 42, 1806, __ ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Appreciate your feedback. Thanks!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Regards,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "JML </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The next term in the series is the previous term plus the previous term squared:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  \alpha_i = \alpha_{i-1} + \alpha_{i-1}^2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the next term would be:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \alpha_6 = \alpha_5 + \alpha_5^2 = 1806 + (1806)^2 = 3,263,442\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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