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fn[n_] := FromDigits[Flatten[IntegerDigits[ReplaceAll[FactorInteger[n], {x_, 1} -> {x}], 2]], 2];
Map[Length, Table[NestWhileList[fn, n, # != 1 && ! PrimeQ[#] &], {n, 2, 40}], {1}] - 1 (* Robert Price, Mar 16 2020 *)
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a(217) = a(255) = a(446) = a(558) = a(717) = a(735) = a(775) = a(945) = a(958) = -1 since the trajectory either converges to (1007,1269) or to (1503,3751). For 3932, a possibly infinite trajectory emerges. 255987 has several preimages, e.g. a(7^25*31^19) = a(3^28*7^7*19) = a(7^12*31^51) = -1. a(3568) = 74 ending in the prime 318792605899852268194734519209581. - Chai Wah Wu, Jun 16 2017
See A288894 for the trajectory of 3932. - Sean A. Irvine, Jun 18 2017
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