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A248047
a(1)=88; for n>=1, a(n+1) is the smallest palindromic 4-almost prime with a(n) as a central substring.
1
88, 1881, 218812, 12188121, 1121881211, 111218812111, 51112188121115, 1511121881211151, 815111218812111518, 78151112188121115187, 1781511121881211151871, 917815111218812111518719, 59178151112188121115187195, 9591781511121881211151871959
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The 4-almost primes are the numbers that are the product of exactly four (not necessarily distinct) primes.
EXAMPLE
a(1)=88=2*2*2*11;
a(2)=1881=3*3*11*19;
a(3)=218812=2*2*11*4973.
MATHEMATICA
d[n_]:=IntegerDigits[n]; t = {x = 88}; Do[i = 1; While[!PrimeOmega[y = FromDigits[Flatten[{z = d[i], d[x], Reverse[z]}]]]==4, i++]; AppendTo[t, x = y], {n, 14}]; t
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Michel Lagneau, Dec 01 2014
STATUS
approved