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a(1) = 668; for n > 1, a(n) = a(n-1) + 1 + sum of distinct prime factors of a(n-1) that are < a(n-1).
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%I #16 Aug 18 2017 03:17:24

%S 668,838,1260,1278,1355,1632,1655,1992,2081,2082,2435,2928,2995,3600,

%T 3611,3792,3877,3878,4165,4195,5040,5058,5345,6420,6538,7015,7105,

%U 7147,8176,8259,11016,11039,11149,11150,11381,12000,12011,12012,12049,12050

%N a(1) = 668; for n > 1, a(n) = a(n-1) + 1 + sum of distinct prime factors of a(n-1) that are < a(n-1).

%C 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.

%H T. D. Noe, <a href="/A105212/b105212.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..2000</a>

%H Doug Engel, <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/2689298">Problem 886</a>, Math. Mag., 48 (1975), 57-58.

%e a(2)=838 because a(1)=668, the distinct prime factors of a(1) are 2 and 167; finally, 1 + 668 + 2 + 167 = 838.

%p 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]:=668: for n from 2 to 46 do a[n]:=1+a[n-1]+p(a[n-1]) od:seq(a[n],n=1..46); # _Emeric Deutsch_, Apr 14 2005

%o (Haskell)

%o a105212 n = a105212_list !! (n-1)

%o a105212_list = 668 : map

%o (\x -> x + 1 + sum (takeWhile (< x) $ a027748_row x)) a105212_list

%o -- _Reinhard Zumkeller_, Jan 15 2015

%Y Cf. A003508, A027748, A105210, A105211, A105213.

%K nonn,easy

%O 1,1

%A _R. K. Guy_, Apr 14 2005

%E More terms from _Robert G. Wilson v_ and _Emeric Deutsch_, Apr 14 2005