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A049065
Record primes reached in A048986.
3
2, 3, 31, 179, 12007, 1564237, 17320726789571, 401278664296369, 576312045441408907, 37246812772043701411753149215934377, 3690727229000499480592573891534356177653018575120050845976045596834749951228879
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The value 37246812772043701411753149215934377 is the base-2 home prime for 922 and occurs after 66 steps. The value 3690727229000499480592573891534356177653018575120050845976045596834749951228879 is the base-2 home prime for 1345 and occurs after 131 steps. The next term (home prime for 2295) contains at least 124 digits. Computation of further terms involves large factorizations. - Sean A. Irvine, Aug 04 2005 [corrected Jul 17 2021]
LINKS
KEYWORD
nonn,nice,base
AUTHOR
Michael B Greenwald (mbgreen(AT)central.cis.upenn.edu)
EXTENSIONS
a(10)-a(11) from Sean A. Irvine, Aug 04 2005
a(10) corrected by Sean A. Irvine, Jul 17 2021
STATUS
approved