
In mathematics, tetration (or hyper-4) is an operation based on iterated, or repeated, exponentiation. It is the next hyperoperation after exponentiation, but before pentation. The word was coined by Reuben Louis Goodstein from tetra- (four) and iteration.
Under the definition as repeated exponentiation, the notation
n
a
{\displaystyle {^{n}a}}
means
a
a...