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a(n+1) = prevprime(a(n)^2). Largest prime prior to the square of previous prime. Initial value = 2.
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%I #25 Oct 20 2017 22:06:15

%S 2,3,7,47,2207,4870843,23725111530599,562880917139361624513298747,

%T 316834926879648887020732217199607668221645859671769857

%N a(n+1) = prevprime(a(n)^2). Largest prime prior to the square of previous prime. Initial value = 2.

%C The next term is too large to show here - see the b-file.

%H Franklin T. Adams-Watters, <a href="/A059785/b059785.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..12</a>

%t NestList[NextPrime[#^2,-1]&,2,10] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Jan 16 2016 *)

%Y Cf. A006992, A055496, A005384, A005385, A059784.

%K nonn

%O 1,1

%A _Labos Elemer_, Feb 22 2001

%E Offset and some values corrected by _Franklin T. Adams-Watters_, Jul 30 2009