A075522 - OEIS

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A075522

Number of steps to reach the first nonprime (=A075523(n)) starting with the n-th prime p and iterating the map k -> 4*k+(p mod 4), or -1 if no integer is ever reached.

1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4

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OFFSET

1,4

COMMENTS

a(A075521(n)) > 1;

a(n) = a(A075520(n))+1 for n with A075520(n) prime.

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..105.

EXAMPLE

A000040(4)=7 and (7 mod 4) = 3: 7 -> 4*7+3=31 -> 4*31+3=127 -> 4*127+3=511 = A075523(4), therefore a(4)=3.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A075520, A075519.