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A097683 Numbers n such that R_n + 2 is prime, where R_n = 11...1 is the repunit (A002275) of length n. 5
0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 24, 84, 221, 1314, 2952, 20016 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

1,3

COMMENTS

Also numbers n such that (10^n+17)/9 is prime.

Values indicate primes of the form "(n-1) ones followed by a three"; zero is a degenerate case. Related to the base 10 repunit primes.

No others less than 30000.

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..13.

Makoto Kamada, Factorizations of 11...113.

Index entries for primes involving repunits

EXAMPLE

11113 = ((10^5)+17)/9 and 11113 is prime.

MATHEMATICA

Do[ If[ PrimeQ[(10^n - 1)/9 + 2], Print[n]], {n, 0, 5951}] (from Robert G. Wilson v Oct 15 2004)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A004023, A097684, A097685.

Sequence in context: A176550 A214125 A019276 * A141403 A124204 A161412

Adjacent sequences:  A097680 A097681 A097682 * A097684 A097685 A097686

KEYWORD

more,nonn

AUTHOR

Carl R. White and Julien Peter Benney (jpbenney(AT)ftml.net), Aug 19 2004

EXTENSIONS

a(10) from Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 15 2004

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 02 2009, at the suggestion of Farideh Firoozbakht

a(11) from Kamada link by Ray Chandler, Dec 23 2010

STATUS

approved

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