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A351078
First noncomposite number reached when iterating the map x -> x', when starting from x = n, or 0 if no such number is ever reached. Here x' is the arithmetic derivative of x, A003415.
6
0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 5, 5, 7, 0, 5, 7, 11, 0, 13, 5, 0, 0, 17, 7, 19, 0, 7, 13, 23, 0, 7, 0, 0, 0, 29, 31, 31, 0, 5, 19, 0, 0, 37, 7, 0, 0, 41, 41, 43, 0, 0, 7, 47, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 53, 0, 0, 0, 13, 31, 59, 0, 61, 5, 0, 0, 7, 61, 67, 0, 0, 59, 71, 0, 73, 0, 0, 0, 7, 71, 79, 0, 0, 43, 83, 0, 13, 0, 0, 0, 89, 0, 0, 0, 19, 5
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
Primes of A189483 occur only once, on the corresponding indices, while A189441 may also occur in other positions.
There are interesting white "filament-like regions" in the scatter plot.
LINKS
FORMULA
For all n, a(4*n) = a(27*n) = a((p^p)*n) = a(A099309(n)) = 0.
a(p) = p for all primes p.
EXAMPLE
For n = 15, if we iterate with A003415, we get a path 15 -> 8 -> 12 -> 16 -> 32 -> 80 -> 176 -> 368 -> ..., where the terms just keep on growing without ever reaching a prime or 1, therefore a(15) = 0.
For n = 18, its path down to zero, when iterating A003415 is: 18 -> 21 -> 10 -> 7 -> 1 -> 0, and the first noncomposite term on the path is prime 7, therefore a(18) = 7.
PROG
(PARI)
A003415checked(n) = if(n<=1, 0, my(f=factor(n), s=0); for(i=1, #f~, if(f[i, 2]>=f[i, 1], return(0), s += f[i, 2]/f[i, 1])); (n*s));
A351078(n) = { while(n>1&&!isprime(n), n = A003415checked(n)); (n); };
CROSSREFS
Cf. A099309 (positions of zeros after the initial one at a(0)=0), A328115 (positions of 5's), A328117 (positions of 7's).
Cf. also A327968.
Sequence in context: A265513 A140508 A063956 * A128214 A307865 A219695
KEYWORD
nonn,look
AUTHOR
Antti Karttunen, Feb 11 2022
STATUS
approved