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A130141 Let f denote the map that replaces k with the concatenation of its nontrivial divisors, written in decreasing order, each divisor being written in base 10 in the normal way. Then a(n) = prime reached when starting at 2n+1 and iterating f.

%I A130141 #16 Mar 09 2023 08:40:29
%S A130141 1,3,5,7,3,11,13,53,17,19,73,23,5,313,29,31,113
%N A130141 Let f denote the map that replaces k with the concatenation of its nontrivial divisors, written in decreasing order, each divisor being written in base 10 in the normal way. Then a(n) = prime reached when starting at 2n+1 and iterating f.
%C A130141 If 2n+1 is 1 or a prime, set a(n) = 2n+1. If no prime is ever reached, set a(n) = -1.
%C A130141 The value of a(17) is currently unknown.
%C A130141 From _Klaus Brockhaus_, Aug 01 2007: (Start)
%C A130141 "The sequence, starting from the beginning but writing 0 when a number with more than 90 digits is reached, is:
%C A130141 1,3,5,7,3,11,13,53,17,19,73,23,5,313,29,31,113,0,37,197,41,43,0,47,7,173,53,0,193,
%C A130141 59,61,0,0,67,233,71,73,0,391393,79,9313991471335749211973,83,0,293,89,137,313,
%C A130141 0,97,0,101,103,0,107,109,373,113,0,391393,593,11,1993,0,127,433,131,197,0,137,139,
%C A130141 0,0,0,0,149,151,511793,0,157,1141931201,6113,163,0,167,13,0,173,0,593,179,181,
%C A130141 613,12575251553,0,0,191,193,0,197,199,673,..." (End)
%C A130141 From Andrew Carter (acarter09(AT)newarka.edu), Dec 16 2008: (Start)
%C A130141 If "when starting at 2n+1" in the definition were replaced by "when starting at n", all even-indexed terms except for a(2) and a(4) would be -1.
%C A130141 A simple proof is that an even number's smallest nontrivial divisor is 2, and the result of iterating f for any even number except for 2 and 4 would have factors in front, so the resulting number would be of the form 10m+2 where m is an integer greater than 1, and therefore an even number ending in 2 other than two itself, so no prime would ever be reached. (End)
%e A130141 n = 13: 2n+1 = 27 has nontrivial divisors 3 and 9, so we get 93, which has proper divisors 3 and 31, so we get 313, prime. So a(13) = 313.
%Y A130141 Cf. A130139, A130140, A130142, A120716.
%K A130141 base,more,nonn
%O A130141 0,2
%A A130141 Carsten Lund (lund(AT)research.att.com), Jul 30 2007, Aug 01 2007
%E A130141 Edited by _Michel Marcus_, Mar 09 2023