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A064119
Numbers k such that the first k digits of the Golden Ratio form a prime.
3
7, 13, 255, 280, 97241
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
G. L. Honaker, Jr and Chris Caldwell, Prime Curios!
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Constant Primes
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Golden Ratio Digits
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Integer Sequence Primes
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Phi-Prime
EXAMPLE
a(1)=7 because the 7-digit number 1618033 is prime.
MATHEMATICA
Do[If[PrimeQ[ FromDigits[RealDigits[N[GoldenRatio, n + 10], 10, n][[1]]]], Print[n]], {n, 1, 3000}]
With[{gr=RealDigits[GoldenRatio, 10, 100000][[1]]}, Select[Range[ 100000], PrimeQ[ FromDigits[Take[gr, #]]]&]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 24 2016 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A064117.
Sequence in context: A317209 A084963 A139188 * A224984 A340473 A228030
KEYWORD
base,hard,nonn
AUTHOR
Shyam Sunder Gupta, Sep 09 2001
EXTENSIONS
a(5) = 97241 from Eric W. Weisstein, Jun 04 2009
STATUS
approved