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Smallest n-digit prime containing only the digits 4 and 9, or 0 if no such prime exists.
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%I #21 Aug 20 2021 15:14:03

%S 0,0,449,4999,44449,444449,4444949,44444999,444499949,4444444999,

%T 44444449949,444444494449,4444449444949,44444444449499,

%U 444444444499499,4444444444444999,44444444444444999,444444444449449949

%N Smallest n-digit prime containing only the digits 4 and 9, or 0 if no such prime exists.

%H David A. Corneth, <a href="/A036945/b036945.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..538</a>

%e 44449 is the least prime of 5 digits containing just digits 4 and 9 so a(5) = 44449. - _David A. Corneth_, Oct 10 2019

%t Join[{0,0},Table[SelectFirst[10*FromDigits[#]+9&/@Tuples[{4,9},n],PrimeQ],{n,2,20}]] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Aug 20 2021 *)

%o (PARI) a(n) = my(s=4*(10^(n)-1)/9);forstep(i=1, 2^n-1, 2, fr = fromdigits(5 * binary(i)) + s; if(isprime(fr), return(fr))); 0 \\ _David A. Corneth_, Oct 10 2019

%Y Cf. A036229, A020466, A036319, A036929-A036951.

%K nonn,base

%O 1,3

%A _Patrick De Geest_, Jan 04 1999