A324642 Number of iterations of map x -> x + A002110(A235224(x)) required to reach a composite when starting from x = n. Here A002110(A235224(x)) gives the least primorial number > x.
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For n=1, it is not a composite number, so we add a next larger primorial (A002110) to it, which is 2, and we see that 3 is also noncomposite, thus we add to that the next larger primorial, which is 6, but now 3+6 = 9 is composite, which we reached in two iteration steps, thus a(1) = 2. For n = 97, the iteration goes as: 97 -> 307 -> 2617 -> 32647 -> 543157 -> 10242847 -> 233335717 -> 6703028947 -> 207263519077, and only the last term shown is composite, thus a(97) = 8. Written in primorial base (A049345), the terms in that trajectory look as: 3101, 13101, 113101, 1113101, 11113101, 111113101, 1111113101, 11111113101 and 111111113101.
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