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A053302
Largest n-digit prime at the start of a record in the RECORDS transform of the prime gaps.
2
7, 89, 887, 9551, 31397, 492113, 4652353, 47326693, 436273009, 4302407359, 42652618343, 738832927927, 7177162611713, 90874329411493, 218209405436543, 1693182318746371
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
a(17) is probably 80873624627234849 and a(19) is probably 8822016561303449927. - Robert G. Wilson v, Mar 16 2004
a(18) is most probably 804212830686677669. - M. F. Hasler, Apr 25 2014
Is this a duplicate of A073861 (except for the first term)? - M. F. Hasler, Apr 25 2014
LINKS
Thomas R. Nicely, Some Results of Computational Research in Prime Numbers [Local copy, pdf only] [ See local copy in A007053]
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Prime Gaps
FORMULA
a(n) = { max p: p in A002386; p< 10^n}. - R. J. Mathar, Feb 01 2008
EXAMPLE
a(5)=31397, the last 5-digit prime to begin a gap.
CROSSREFS
The length of the gap is in A053303.
Sequence in context: A089394 A068692 A178006 * A068877 A121044 A107109
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Enoch Haga, Mar 05 2000
EXTENSIONS
Corrected by Jud McCranie, Jan 03 2001
a(15) and a(16) from Robert G. Wilson v, Mar 16 2004
Edited by R. J. Mathar, Feb 01 2008
STATUS
approved