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A195264
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Iterate x -> A080670(x) (replace x with the concatenation of the primes and exponents in its prime factorization) starting at n until reach 1 or a prime (which is then the value of a(n)); or a(n) = -1 if a prime is never reached.
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1, 2, 3, 211, 5, 23, 7, 23, 2213, 2213, 11, 223, 13, 311, 1129, 233, 17, 17137, 19
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OFFSET
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1,2
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COMMENTS
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J. H. Conway offered $1000 for a proof or disproof for his conjecture that every number eventually reaches a 1 or a prime - see OEIS50 link. - N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 15 2014
However, James Davis has discovered that a(13532385396179) = -1. This number D = 13532385396179 = (1407*10^5+1)*96179 = 13*53^2*3853*96179 is clearly fixed by the map x -> A080670(x), and so never reaches 1 or a prime. - Hans Havermann, Jun 05 2017
The number n = 3^6 * 2331961591220850480109739369 * 21313644799483579440006455257 is a near-miss for another nonprime fixed point. Unfortunately here the last two factors only look like primes (they have no prime divisors < 10), but in fact both are composite. - Robert Gerbicz, Jun 07 2017
The number D' = 13^532385396179 maps to D and so is a much larger number with a(D') = -1. Repeating this process (by finding a prime prefix of D') should lead to an infinite sequence of counterexamples to Conway's conjecture. - Hans Havermann, Jun 09 2017
The first 47 digits of D' form a prime P = 68971066936841703995076128866117893410448319579, so if Q denotes the remaining digits of 13^532385396179 then D'' = P^Q is another counterexample. - Robert Gerbicz, Jun 10 2017
This sequence is different from A037274. Here 8 = 2^3 -> 23 (a prime), whereas in A037274 8 = 2^3 -> 222 -> ... -> 3331113965338635107 (a prime). - N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 12 2014
The value of a(20) is presently unknown (see A195265).
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Hans Havermann, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000 (includes links to lengthy (>40) and unknown-outcome evolutions, and a list of unfactored composites in the unknowns' last step)
Hans Havermann, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000 (includes links to lengthy (>40) and unknown-outcome evolutions, and a list of unfactored composites in the unknowns' last step) [Cached copy, pdf version as of May 08 2018, with permission]
OEIS50 DIMACS Conference on Challenges of Identifying Integer Sequences, Problem Session 2, Oct 10 2014, J. H. Conway, Five $1000 Problems (starting at about 06.44). This sequence is mentioned in the fifth problem, starting at around 19:30.
N. J. A. Sloane, Three (No, 8) Lovely Problems from the OEIS, Experimental Mathematics Seminar, Rutgers University, Oct 05 2017, Part I, Part 2, Slides. (Mentions this sequence)
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EXAMPLE
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4 = 2^2 -> 22 =2*11 -> 211, prime, so a(4) = 211.
9 = 3^2 -> 32 = 2^5 -> 25 = 5^2 -> 52 = 2^2*13 -> 2213, prime, so a(9)=2213.
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MATHEMATICA
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f[1] := 1; f[n_] := Block[{p = Flatten[FactorInteger[n]]}, k = Length[p]; While[k > 0, If[p[[k]] == 1, p = Delete[p, k]]; k--]; FromDigits[Flatten[IntegerDigits[p]]]]; Table[FixedPoint[f, n], {n, 19}] (* Alonso del Arte, based on the program for A080670, Sep 14 2011 *)
fn[n_] := FromDigits[Flatten[IntegerDigits[DeleteCases[Flatten[
FactorInteger[n]], 1]]]];
Table[NestWhile[fn, n, # != 1 && ! PrimeQ[#] &], {n, 19}] (* Robert Price, Mar 15 2020 *)
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KEYWORD
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nonn,base,more
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approved
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