That constant appears in "On Number and Games" by J.H.Conway. it also refers to this entry in the Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (On - Line Version). A047995 A047995 "On Numbers and Games" incorrectly states that the next term is 2^4171780 - 2^2095104 - 3*2^2094593 - 2^209 4081 - 3*2^2091522 - 2^2088960 - 3*2^2088448 - 2^2087937 - 2^2086912 - 2^2086657 - 2^2086401 - 2^2086145 - 2^208588 8 - 2^2079234 + 2^1960962 A047995 0,2 A047995 1,2,3,5,22,4171780 A047995 Cf. A037142. A047995 J. H. Conway, On Numbers and Games, pp. 139-140. A047995 Next term = 2^4171780 - 2^2096640 - 2^2095104 - 2^2094593 - 2^2094080 - 3.2^2091522 - 2^2088960 - 2^2088705 - 2^2088448 - 2^2088193 - 2^2086912 - 2^2086657 - 2^2086401 - 2^2086145 - 2^2085888 - 2^2079234 + 2^1960962 + 21 ( Chris Thompson, cet1@cam.a A047995 Number of impartial misere games born on or before day n. A047995 huge,nice,nonn A047995 njas See also a more complete account into the context in http://pauillac.inria.fr/algo/bsolve/itrexp/er.html at the Favorite Mathematical Constants site of Steve Finch.