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A282795 Start with n. If n is 1 or a prime, stop. Otherwise, add the prime factors of n (with repetition) to n, and repeat until reaching a prime, when we stop. If no prime is ever reached, a(n) = -1. 1

%I #27 Feb 23 2017 22:59:56

%S 1,2,3,23,5,11,7,23,23,17,11,19,13,23,23,47,17,41,19,29,31,47,23,47,

%T 47,41,71,71,29,71,31,83,47,53,47,71,37,59,71,71,41,83,43,59,167,71,

%U 47,59,149,167,71,167,53,83,71,167,79,89,59,251,61

%N Start with n. If n is 1 or a prime, stop. Otherwise, add the prime factors of n (with repetition) to n, and repeat until reaching a prime, when we stop. If no prime is ever reached, a(n) = -1.

%C a(n) > 0 for every n up to at least 2000000. - _Ivan N. Ianakiev_, Feb 23 2017

%H R. J. Mathar, <a href="/A282795/b282795.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..100000</a>

%e 4 -> 4+2+2 = 8 -> 8+2+2+2 = 14 -> 14+2+7 = 23, prime, so a(4) = 23.

%p A282795 := proc(n)

%p local nrec;

%p nrec := n ;

%p while not isprime(nrec) and nrec <> 1 do

%p nrec := A075254(nrec) ;

%p end do:

%p nrec ;

%p end proc:

%p seq(A282795(n),n=1..90) ; # _R. J. Mathar_, Feb 23 2017

%t f[n_]:=n+Total[Replace[{a_,b_}->a*b]/@FactorInteger[n]];

%t a[1]=1;a[n_]:=If[PrimeQ[n],n,Last[NestWhileList[f,n,!PrimeQ[#]&]]];

%t Array[a,2000000] (* _Ivan N. Ianakiev_, Feb 23 2017 *)

%Y Cf. A016837, A037274 (home primes), A075254, A195264.

%K nonn

%O 1,2

%A _Peter Weiss_, Feb 21 2017

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