OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
In Math. Mag. 48 (1975) 301 one finds "C. W. Trigg, C. C. Oursler and R. Cormier and J. L. Selfridge have sent calculations on Problem 886 [Nov 1973] for which we had received only partial results [Jan 1975]. Cormier and Selfridge sent the following results: There appear to be five sequences beginning with integers less than 1000 which do not merge. These sequences were carried out to 10^8 or more." The five sequences are A003508, A105210-A105213.
This suggests that there may be infinitely many different (non-merging) sequences obtained by choosing different starting values.
LINKS
T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..2000
Doug Engel, Problem 886, Math. Mag., 48 (1975), 57-58.
EXAMPLE
a(2)=528 because a(1)=393, the distinct prime factors of a(1) are 3 and 131; finally, 1 + 393 + 3 + 131 = 528.
MAPLE
with(numtheory): p:=proc(n) local nn, ct, s: if isprime(n)=true then s:=0 else nn:=convert(factorset(n), list): ct:=nops(nn): s:=sum(nn[j], j=1..ct):fi: end: a[1]:=393: for n from 2 to 50 do a[n]:=1+a[n-1]+p(a[n-1]) od:seq(a[n], n=1..50); # Emeric Deutsch, Apr 14 2005
MATHEMATICA
a[1] = 393; a[n_] := a[n] = a[n - 1] + 1 + Plus @@ Select[ Flatten[ Table[ #[[1]], {1}] & /@ FactorInteger[a[n - 1]]], # < a[n - 1] &]; Table[a[n], {n, 44}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Apr 14 2005 *)
a[1] = 412; a[n_] := a[n] = a[n - 1] + 1 + Plus @@ Select[ Flatten[ Table[ #[[1]], {1}] & /@ FactorInteger[a[n - 1]]], # < a[n - 1] &]; Table[a[n], {n, 43}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Apr 14 2005 *)
a[1] = 668; a[n_] := a[n] = a[n - 1] + 1 + Plus @@ Select[ Flatten[ Table[ #[[1]], {1}] & /@ FactorInteger[a[n - 1]]], # < a[n - 1] &]; Table[a[n], {n, 40}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Apr 14 2005 *)
a[1] = 932; a[n_] := a[n] = a[n - 1] + 1 + Plus @@ Select[ Flatten[ Table[ #[[1]], {1}] & /@ FactorInteger[a[n - 1]]], # < a[n - 1] &]; Table[a[n], {n, 40}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Apr 14 2005 *)
nxt[n_]:=n+1+Total[Select[FactorInteger[n][[All, 1]], #<n&]]; NestList[ nxt, 393, 50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 02 2019 *)
PROG
(Haskell)
a105210 n = a105210_list !! (n-1)
a105210_list = 393 : map
(\x -> x + 1 + sum (takeWhile (< x) $ a027748_row x)) a105210_list
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 15 2015
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
R. K. Guy, Apr 14 2005
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Robert G. Wilson v and Emeric Deutsch, Apr 14 2005
STATUS
approved