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Define f(n) = 2n+1, a(n) = largest prime of the form f(f(f(...(n))). If no such prime exists then a(n) = 0.

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7, 47, 7, 0, 47, 13, 0, 17, 19, 0, 47, 0, 0, 59, 31, 0, 0, 37, 0, 167, 43, 0, 47, 0, 0, 107, 0, 0, 59, 61, 0, 0, 67, 0, 71, 73, 0, 0, 79, 0, 167, 0, 0, 2879, 0, 0, 0, 97, 0, 101, 103, 0, 107, 109, 0, 227, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 127, 0, 263, 0, 0, 137, 139, 0, 0, 0, 0, 149, 151, 0, 0, 157, 0 (list; graph; listen)

	OFFSET	`1,1`
	EXAMPLE	`a(2) = 47 as f(2) = 5, f(5) = 11,f(11) = 23, f(23) = 47 is the largest such prime . f(47) = 95 is not a prime. a(4) = 0 as f(4) = 9 is composite.`
	MAPLE	`for k from 1 to 500 do a := 2k+1; while(isprime(a)) do a := 2a+1; end do; c[k] := (a-1)/2; if(not isprime(c[k])) then c[k] := 0; end if; if(c[k]<2*k+1) then c[k] := 0; end if; end do:q := seq(c[i], i=1..500);`
	CROSSREFS	`Cf. A068638.` `Sequence in context: A072948 A000823 A036944 this_sequence A089725 A086040 A009241` `Adjacent sequences: A068637 A068638 A068639 this_sequence A068641 A068642 A068643`
	KEYWORD	`nonn`
	AUTHOR	`Amarnath Murthy (amarnath_murthy(AT)yahoo.com), Feb 27 2002`
	EXTENSIONS	`More terms from Sascha Kurz (sascha.kurz(AT)uni-bayreuth.de), Mar 17 2002`

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