OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
a(n) = "p(k) p(k+1) p(k+2)" where p(k) is k-th prime
It is conjectured that sequence is infinite. - from Eva-Maria Zschorn (e-m.zschorn(AT)zaschendorf.km3.de), Nov 09 2009
REFERENCES
Richard E. Crandall, Carl Pomerance: Prime Numbers, Springer 2005 - from Eva-Maria Zschorn (e-m.zschorn(AT)zaschendorf.km3.de), Nov 09 2009
John Derbyshire: Prime obsession, Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC 2003 - from Eva-Maria Zschorn (e-m.zschorn(AT)zaschendorf.km3.de), Nov 09 2009
Marcus du Sautoy: Die Musik der Primzahlen. Auf den Spuren des groessten Raetsels der Mathematik, Beck, Muenchen 2004
LINKS
Zak Seidov, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
FORMULA
EXAMPLE
(1) 5=p(3), 7=p(4), 11=p(5) gives a(1).
(2) 7=p(4), 11=p(5), 13=p(6), but 71113 = 7 x 10159
MATHEMATICA
Select[Table[FromDigits[Flatten[IntegerDigits/@{Prime[n], Prime[n+1], Prime[n+2]}]], {n, 11000}], PrimeQ] (* Zak Seidov, Oct 16 2009 *)
concat[{a_, b_, c_}]:=FromDigits[Flatten[IntegerDigits/@{a, b, c}]]; Select[ concat/@ Partition[ Prime[ Range[200]], 3, 1], PrimeQ] (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 06 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI) for(i=1, 999, isprime(p=eval(Str(prime(i), prime(i+1), prime(i+2)))) & print1(p, " ")) \\ M. F. Hasler, Nov 10 2009
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved