This is a front-end for the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, made by Christian Perfect. The idea is to provide OEIS entries in non-ancient HTML, and then to think about how they're presented visually. The source code is on GitHub.
%I A105600 #6 May 22 2013 15:12:15 %S A105600 1,5,9,16,25,43,91,105,427,463,484,4085,4306,4413,5583,6273,10172, %T A105600 18105,24946,31686,31886 %N A105600 Assume the conjectured terms of A105594 are the correct beginnings of the trajectories described in A003508. a(n) is a record length of b(n) iterations to arrive at the collected trajectories. This sequence cites the a(n)'s. %C A105600 The trajectory in A003508, etc., is defined as a(1)=n, for n>1, a(n) = a(n-1) + 1 + sum of distinct prime factors of a(n-1) that are < a(n-1). %t A105600 a[1] = 1; a[n_] := a[n] = a[n - 1] + 1 + Plus @@ Select[ Flatten[ Table[ #[[1]], {1}] & /@ FactorInteger[ a[n - 1]]], # < a[n - 1] &]; t = Table[ a[n], {n, 1500}]; f[n_] := Module[{b, k = 1}, b[1] = n; b[m_] := b[m] = b[m - 1] + 1 + Plus @@ Select[ Flatten[ Table[ #[[1]], {1}] & /@ FactorInteger[ b[m - 1]]], # < b[m - 1] &]; While[ Position[t, b[k]] == {} && k < 1000, k++ ]; If[ k == 1000, t = Select[ Union[ Join[t, Table[ b[i], {i, 2, k}]]], # > n &]; -1, k - 1]]; lst = {{1, 0}}; Do[d = f[n]; If[d > lst[[ -1, 2]], AppendTo[lst, {n, d}]], {n, 60000}]; Transpose[ lst][[1]] %Y A105600 Cf. A105593, the b(n)'s are in A105600. %K A105600 nonn %O A105600 0,2 %A A105600 _R. K. Guy_ and _Robert G. Wilson v_, Apr 15 2005