OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
The numbers in the row b of the array are constructed in base b, but are converted to base 10 for display here.
R. K. Guy writes [UPINT, A3, pp. 9-10]: Selfridge asked if the sequence (in decimal notation) 1, 12, 123, 1234, ... [A007908] ... contains infinitely many primes.... The question can be asked for other scales of notation. There are (trivially) an infinite number of primes in the n=2 column, as that converges to k+2. In the n=3 column, the first prime is A[3,8] = 83 (base 10) = 123 (base 8). In the n=7 column, the first prime is A[8,7] = 342391 (base 10) = 1234567 (base 8). This can be continued to bases higher than 10, where A, B, C, ... are conventionally used as numerals. For example, A[12,5] = 12345 (base 12) = 24677 (base 10) is prime, as is A[12,17] = 656998737209054448298001 (base 10). A[13,3] = 227 (base 10) = 123 (base 13) is prime. Similarly, to pick the 9th row but go further than the table shown here, A[9,14] = 1709671414851143033 (base 10) is prime. Existing OEIS sequences stop at A048447, the concatenation of first n numbers in base 16.
REFERENCES
Richard K. Guy, Unsolved Problems In Number Theory, 2nd Edn., Springer Verlag, 1994.
FORMULA
A[b,n] = n-th integer concatenated from consecutive integers in base b.
EXAMPLE
The array begins:
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....|n=1.|.n=2.|.n=3.|.n=4.|..n=5.|..n=6.|...n=7.|.....n=8.|.in OEIS
b=1.|.1..|...3.|...6.|..10.|...15.|...21.|....28.|......36.|.A000217
b=2.|.1..|...6.|..27.|.220.|.1765.|.14126|.113015|.1808248.|.A047778
b=3.|.1..|...5.|..48.|.436.|.3929.|.35367|.318310|.2864798.|.A048435
b=4.|.1..|...6.|..27.|.436.|.6981.|111702|1787239|28595832.|.A048436
b=5.|.1..|...7.|..38.|.194.|.4855.|121381|3034532|75863308.|.A048437
b=6.|.1..|...8.|..51.|.310.|.1865.|.67146|2417263|87021476.|.A048438
b=7.|.1..|...9.|..66.|.466.|.3267.|.22875|1120882|54923226.|.A048439
b=8.|.1..|..10.|..83.|.668.|.5349.|.42798|.342391|21913032.|.A048440
...
b=10|.1..|..12.|.123.|1234.|12345.|123456|1234567|12345678.|.A007908
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CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Jonathan Vos Post, Jun 27 2010
EXTENSIONS
Should be revised to start with base 2, rather than the ill-defined "base 1". - N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 05 2010
STATUS
approved