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A101731
Indices of primes in sequence defined by A(0) = 47, A(n) = 10*A(n-1) - 3 for n > 0.
1
0, 1, 5, 9, 11, 12, 21, 31, 45, 60, 67, 89, 109, 651, 1607, 1903, 2002, 3037, 3085, 9579, 9697, 10638, 14460
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
Numbers n such that (420*10^n + 3)/9 is prime.
Numbers n such that digit 4 followed by n >= 0 occurrences of digit 6 followed by digit 7 is prime.
Numbers corresponding to terms <= 651 are certified primes.
a(24) > 2*10^5. - Robert Price, Jul 11 2015
REFERENCES
Klaus Brockhaus and Walter Oberschelp, Zahlenfolgen mit homogenem Ziffernkern, MNU 59/8 (2006), pp. 462-467.
FORMULA
a(n) = A099017(n+1) - 1.
EXAMPLE
467 is prime, hence 1 is a term.
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range[0, 100], PrimeQ[(420 10^# + 3)/9] &] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 12 2015 *)
PROG
(PARI) a=47; for(n=0, 1500, if(isprime(a), print1(n, ", ")); a=10*a-3)
(PARI) for(n=0, 1500, if(isprime((420*10^n+3)/9), print1(n, ", ")))
(Magma) [n: n in [0..500] | IsPrime((420*10^n+3) div 9)]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 12 2015
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,hard,more
AUTHOR
Klaus Brockhaus and Walter Oberschelp (oberschelp(AT)informatik.rwth-aachen.de), Dec 14 2004
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Herman Jamke (hermanjamke(AT)fastmail.fm), Jan 02 2008
a(22)-a(23) from Kamada data by Ray Chandler, Apr 30 2015
STATUS
approved