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A173665
Primes formed by the initial digits of the decimal expansion of 1/Catalan's constant.
0
109, 1091, 109174406370390610145415947333, 10917440637039061014541594733338923249860501214082473450059137
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Primes found in 1/ A006752.
a(5) = 109174406...792972361 has 109 digits,
a(6) = 109174406...955798301 has 271 digits,
a(7) = 109174406...813410233 has 319 digits,
a(8) = 109174406...519744361 has 1223 digits.
EXAMPLE
1/Catalan's constant = 1.09174406..., so a(1) = 109 ; a(2) = 1091.
MAPLE
Digits := 100; n0 := evalf(1/Catalan); for i from 1 to 100 do x := trunc(10^i*n0):
if isprime(x) then printf(`%d, `, x): fi: od:
PROG
(PARI) default(realprecision, 350); C=intnum(t=0, 1, atan(t)/t); for(k=1, default(realprecision), ispseudoprime(10^k\C) && print(10^k\C, " digits: ", k+1)) \\ M. F. Hasler, Nov 24 2010
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A359144 A239720 A096214 * A059936 A262854 A232118
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Michel Lagneau, Nov 24 2010
STATUS
approved