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A285706
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a(n) = number of iterations x -> A064216(x) needed to reach a nonprime number when starting from prime(n), a(1) = a(2) = 1.
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4
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1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
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OFFSET
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1,4
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COMMENTS
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Length (or size for the closed cycles: [2] and [3]) of the complete "slipping Cunningham chain of the second kind" starting with prime(n). That is, at the end of every step, the next prime q = 2p-1 "slips" by one step towards smaller primes as A064989(q).
After n = 1, 2 (primes 2 & 3) differs from A181715 for the first time at n=22, where a(22) = 2, while A181715(22) = 3, prime(22) = 79.
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FORMULA
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EXAMPLE
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MATHEMATICA
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Table[If[n <= 2, 1, -1 + Length@ NestWhileList[Apply[Times, FactorInteger[2 # - 1] /. {p_, e_} /; p > 2 :> NextPrime[p, -1]^e] &, Prime@ n, PrimeQ@ # &]], {n, 120}] (* Michael De Vlieger, Apr 26 2017 *)
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PROG
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A137288 (gives the positions of terms > 1 after its two initial terms).
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KEYWORD
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nonn
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STATUS
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approved
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