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A101713
Indices of primes in sequence defined by A(0) = 43, A(n) = 10*A(n-1) - 27 for n > 0.
1
0, 2, 6, 9, 39, 418, 448, 1736, 2244, 3130, 3812, 5344, 5658, 5680, 8409, 9096, 11292, 21060
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Numbers n such that 40*10^n + 3 is prime.
Numbers n such that digit 4 followed by n >= 0 occurrences of digit 0 followed by digit 3 is prime.
Numbers corresponding to terms <= 448 are certified primes.
a(19) > 2*10^5. - Robert Price, Jul 17 2015
REFERENCES
Klaus Brockhaus and Walter Oberschelp, Zahlenfolgen mit homogenem Ziffernkern, MNU 59/8 (2006), pp. 462-467.
FORMULA
a(n) = A101397(n+1) - 1.
EXAMPLE
4003 is prime, hence 2 is a term.
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range[0, 300], PrimeQ[40*10^#+3]&] (* Robert Price, Jul 17 2015 *)
PROG
(PARI) a=43; for(n=0, 1500, if(isprime(a), print1(n, ", ")); a=10*a-27)
(PARI) for(n=0, 1500, if(isprime(40*10^n+3), print1(n, ", ")))
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,hard,more
AUTHOR
Klaus Brockhaus and Walter Oberschelp (oberschelp(AT)informatik.rwth-aachen.de), Dec 14 2004
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Herman Jamke (hermanjamke(AT)fastmail.fm), Jan 02 2008
a(17)-a(18) from Kamada data by Ray Chandler, Apr 30 2015
STATUS
approved