OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
This sequence takes 64 steps to reach a prime (which implies A343156(91)=64). - N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 07 2021
REFERENCES
Eric Angelini, W. Edwin Clark, Hans Havermann, Frank Stevenson, Allan C. Wechsler, and others, Postings to Math Fun mailing list, April 2021.
LINKS
W. Edwin Clark, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..63 [The trajectory to the first prime.]
EXAMPLE
a(29) = 19797186041838357425713338412621, the 29th iterate.
MATHEMATICA
NestList[FromDigits@ Flatten@ IntegerDigits@ Map[First, FactorInteger@ #] &, 91, 17] (* Michael De Vlieger, Mar 25 2017 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
base,nonn
AUTHOR
Labos Elemer, Jun 16 2003
EXTENSIONS
Example corrected by Rémy Sigrist, Apr 07 2021
STATUS
approved