We start with some number $n$ and sum its digits (we can denote sum-of-digits function as $S_d$) to obtain number $S_d(n)$.
If $S_d(n)$ is prime then we calculate number $n^2$ and sum its digits to obtain $S_d(n^2)$. If $S_d(n^2)$ is prime then we calculate number $n^3$ and sum its digits to obtain $S_d(n^3)$, and so on...
We can call number $n$ a power-summer of order m if the numbers $S_d(n),...S_d(n^m)$ are all primes.
We can call number $n$ a power-summer of order $+ \infty$ if $n$ is power-summer of order m for every $m \in \mathbb N$
A question is:
Does there exist a power-summer of order $+ \infty$?
Are you of the opinion that there is some global maximum, that is, a natural number $W$ such that order of every $n$ is less than $W$?
An answer is not in my reach, I do not know much about sum-of-digits functions, but maybe someone has some good ideas.
Peter found a number of order $14$, a number $20619661$ and calculated that upto $n=10^9$ there is no number with an order greater than $14$.
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