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A083845 a(n)^2 + 1 is largest prime of the form x^2 + 1 <= 10^n. 5
2, 6, 26, 94, 314, 986, 3160, 9990, 31614, 99996, 316206, 999960, 3162246, 9999960, 31622764, 99999966, 316227734, 999999924, 3162277654, 9999999956, 31622776500, 99999999964, 316227766006, 999999999886, 3162277660140 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

It is conjectured that this sequence is infinite, but this has never been proved.

REFERENCES

G. H. Hardy and E. M. Wright, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, 5th ed., Oxford Univ. Press, 1979, th. 17.

P. Ribenboim, The Little Book of Big Primes. Springer-Verlag, 1991, p. 190.

LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Link to a section of The World of Mathematics. Landau's Problems.

MATHEMATICA

Do[ k = Floor[ Sqrt[ 10^n] - 1]; While[ !PrimeQ[k^2 + 1], k-- ]; Print[k], {n, 1, 25}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A005574, A002496, A083844, A083846, A083847, A083848, A083849.

Sequence in context: A092438 A027207 A027231 * A027239 A191821 A192403

Adjacent sequences:  A083842 A083843 A083844 * A083846 A083847 A083848

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Harry J. Smith (hjsmithh(AT)sbcglobal.net), May 05 2003

EXTENSIONS

Edited and extended by Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), May 08 2003

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