OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
It is conjectured that every trajectory eventually reaches one of the fixed points {primes union 0, 27, 30} or the loop (28, 33).
LINKS
Rémy Sigrist, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
EXAMPLE
Trajectory of 16 is 16, 32, 50, 36, 40, 44, 45, 33, 28, 33, 28, 33, 28, 33, 28, 33, 28, 33, 28, ..., ending at the loop (28, 33), and the high-point is 50, so a(16) = 50.
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = { my (s=[]); while (!setsearch(s, n), s=setunion(s, [n]); n=if (n==0, 0, my (f=factor(n)); bigomega(f)*sum(k=1, #f~, f[k, 1]*f[k, 2]))
); s[#s] } \\ Rémy Sigrist, Jan 01 2022
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 01 2022
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Rémy Sigrist, Jan 01 2022
STATUS
approved