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A056211
Primes p whose period of reciprocal equals (p-1)/6.
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79, 547, 643, 751, 907, 997, 1201, 1213, 1237, 1249, 1483, 1489, 1627, 1723, 1747, 1831, 1879, 1987, 2053, 2551, 2683, 3049, 3253, 3319, 3613, 3919, 4159, 4507, 4519, 4801, 4813, 4831, 4969, 5119, 5443, 5557, 5791, 6079, 6151, 6271, 6373, 6427, 6529
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Cyclic numbers of the sixth degree (or sixth order): the reciprocals of these numbers belong to one of six different cycles. Each cycle has the (number minus 1)/6 digits.
MATHEMATICA
f[n_Integer] := Block[{ds = Divisors[n - 1]}, (n - 1)/Take[ ds, Position[ PowerMod[ 10, ds, n], 1] [[1, 1]]] [[ -1]]]; Select[ Prime[ Range[4, 850]], f[ # ] == 6 &]
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v, Aug 02 2000
EXTENSIONS
Edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 30 2007
STATUS
approved