[seqfan] Re: Conways 5th problem solved

[Neil Sloane]

PS
Conway's fifth problem is somewhat ambiguous.
I guess the prize is really for a proof that every number reaches a prime,
which of course is still open. But you could interpret the prize as
referring just  to the last sentence, which talks about 20 continuing to
more than a hundred digits without reaching a prime and which is
contradicted by A037274!
Neil


On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Neil Sloane <njasloane at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Seqfans, At the OEIS-50 Fest yesterday,
> John Conway offered $1000 for the 20th
> term of A037274 (well, he didn't phrase the question in exactly those
> words). The answer of course is a(20) = 3318308475676071413
>
> (He meant to say a(67), I believe, but he neglected to check the OEIS
> before posing the question.)
>
> Neil
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Dear Friends, I have now retired from AT&T. New coordinates:

Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation
11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
Email: njasloane at gmail.com