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A116888 Primes p that remain prime through 4 iterations of function f(p)=p^2+4. 3
306167, 48639197, 64695713, 68252687, 87788237, 87813293, 160486967, 255974437, 283032247, 324609913, 361705873, 417684523, 449364197, 451995587, 454052213, 466037563, 536504713, 574746467, 596095613 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

EXAMPLE

p=306167, f(p)= 93738231893, f(f(p))= 8786856118425842363453, f(f(f(p)))= 77208840445917661077402487029419236950083213 and the 88-digits f(f(f(f(p)))) are all prime numbers.

MATHEMATICA

Select[Prime[Range[9! ]], PrimeQ[ #^2+4]&&PrimeQ[(#^2+4)^2+4]&&PrimeQ[((#^2+4)^2+4)^2+4]&&PrimeQ[(((#^2+4)^2+4)^2+4)^2+4]&] [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Feb 26 2010]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A062324, A116886, A116887, A116889.

Sequence in context: A183641 A185852 A053849 * A206276 A127491 A205204

Adjacent sequences:  A116885 A116886 A116887 * A116889 A116890 A116891

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Giovanni Resta (g.resta(AT)iit.cnr.it), Feb 27 2006

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