OFFSET
1,1
REFERENCES
H. Jaleebi, personal communication.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
Patrick De Geest, Home Primes
FORMULA
a(n+1) = A037276(a(n)), a(1) = 8. - M. F. Hasler, Oct 07 2022
MATHEMATICA
g[ n_ ] := (x = n; d = {}; While[ FactorInteger[ x ] != {}, f = FactorInteger[ x, FactorComplete -> True ][ [ 1, 1 ] ]; x = x/f; AppendTo[ d, IntegerDigits[ f ] ] ]; FromDigits[ Flatten[ d ] ]); NestList[ g, 8, 15 ]
NestList[FromDigits[Flatten[IntegerDigits/@(Table[First[#], {Last[#]}]& /@ FactorInteger[#])]]&, 8, 15] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 04 2011 *)
PROG
(PARI) first(N, a=8)=vector(N, i, if(i>1, a=A037276(a), a)) \\ M. F. Hasler, Oct 07 2022
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base,nice
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Robert G. Wilson v, Sep 05 2000, who remarks that sequence stabilizes at 13th term with a prime.
STATUS
approved