OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
Harvey P. Dale, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Multiplicative Persistence
EXAMPLE
147 -> 1 * 4 * 7 -> [ 28 ] -> 2 * 8 -> [ 16 ] -> 1 * 6 -> [ 6 ] -> one digit in three steps.
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range[300], CompositeQ[#]&&Length[NestWhileList[Times@@ IntegerDigits[ #]&, #, #>9&]] == 4&] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 29 2023 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Jaroslav Krizek, Nov 13 2011
STATUS
approved