%I #20 Jun 25 2019 05:33:11
%S 46,1426,120842,12205042,1257119326,219043888774,37904185920914,
%T 8346405168610942,1610856197541911806,494532852645366924442,
%U 159830762776306031303126,63895498657264777378395106,25160765901619915831898554178,9890836489141547229675646151234
%N Numbers that set records for longest chains of "chained prime factors" of A308099.
%C Length m Distinct prime factors
%C ------ ---------- ----------------------
%C 2 46 {2,23}
%C 3 1426 {2,23,31}
%C 4 120842 {2,23,37,71}
%C 5 12205042 {2,23,37,71,101}
%C 6 1257119326 {2,23,37,71,101,103}
%C 7 219043888774 {2,23,37,71,101,131,137}
%C 8 37904185920914 {2,23,37,71,101,131,151,157}
%C 9 8346405168610942 {2,23,37,71,101,131,151,181,191}
%t ric[pr_,lp_,tg_] := Block[{cp}, If[tg==0, If[pr < curr, curr=pr], cp = NextPrime@ lp; While[pr cp^tg < curr, If[First@ IntegerDigits@ cp == Mod[lp, 10], ric[pr cp, cp, tg-1]]; cp = NextPrime@ cp]]]; a[n_] := Block[ {q = 2}, curr = Infinity; While[q^(n + 1) < curr, ric[q, q, n]; q = NextPrime@ q]; curr]; Array[a, 14] (* _Giovanni Resta_, Jun 25 2019 *)
%Y Cf. A308099, A308252.
%K nonn,base
%O 1,1
%A _Giorgos Kalogeropoulos_, May 12 2019
%E a(6)-a(14) from _Giovanni Resta_, Jun 25 2019