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A078768
sigma(sigma(..(sigma(n)+1)..)) is prime, or 0 if no prime is reached.
0
1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3, 6, 1, 5, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 6, 1, 1, 5, 0, 4, 2, 4, 6, 7, 1, 6, 21, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 4, 2, 3, 3, 1, 2, 2, 7, 1, 7, 5, 2, 1, 5, 3, 1, 2, 0, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 5, 5, 34, 1, 2, 4, 1, 3, 7, 1, 2, 4, 1, 5, 3, 2, 7, 4, 2, 10, 1, 2
OFFSET
1,18
EXAMPLE
a(18)=3 as sigma(18)+1=40, sigma(40)+1=91, sigma(91)+1=113, which is prime
PROG
(PARI) sr(m, c)=if (c>0, m=sigma(m)+1; c--; sr(m, c), m) for (n=1, 100, x=1; while (!isprime(sr(n, x)) && x<200, x++); if (x==200, x=0); print1(x", "))
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A163327 A338460 A175032 * A307281 A089078 A355072
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Jon Perry, Jan 09 2003
STATUS
approved