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A152466 a(1) = 252, a(n) is a(n-1) multiplied by the smallest prime factor of a(n-1)+1. +0
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252, 2772, 130284, 651420, 219528540, 257067920340, 4370154645780, 292800361267260, 11023640801351071740, 13475008472558425746927448860, 5107028211099643358085503117940, 1313771981231475489737485570488833367540 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

Conjecture: this sequence will never have any numbers k where k+1 is prime. (All similar sequences that start with numbers less than 252 are known to have numbers k where k+1 is prime.)

EXAMPLE

First term is 252. Smallest prime factor of 253 is 11, so next term is 252 * 11 = 2772.

MATHEMATICA

a = {252}; Do[AppendTo[a, a[[ -1]]*FactorInteger[a[[ -1]] + 1][[1, 1]]], {10}]; a [From Stefan Steinerberger (stefan.steinerberger(AT)gmail.com), Dec 06 2008]

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A166783 A104679 A117281 this_sequence A004535 A027815 A099059

Adjacent sequences: A152463 A152464 A152465 this_sequence A152467 A152468 A152469

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

J. Lowell (jhbubby(AT)mindspring.com), Dec 05 2008

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Stefan Steinerberger (stefan.steinerberger(AT)gmail.com), Dec 06 2008

Extended by Max Alekseyev (maxale(AT)gmail.com), Sep 19 2009

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