[seqfan] Re: 13532385396179 precursors

[Hans Havermann]

> Will this process eventually end? Are the total number of precursors, precursors of precursors, precursors of precursors of precursors, etc. finite?

Think about the number 13^532385396179. Take some of its initial decimal digits that make those digits prime and raise this to the power of the rest of the digits. Now you have a new (larger) number. Repeat.