A183179 Numbers n such that 7*(10^(2n+1)-1)/9 - 3*10^n is prime.

2, 3, 6, 23, 36, 69, 561, 723, 3438, 4104, 9020, 13977, 19655, 32400

Offset

1,1

Comments

Original name: Numbers n such that (7*10^(2n+1)-27*10^n-7)/9 is prime.

a(15) > 10^5. - Robert Price, Nov 23 2015

References

C. Caldwell and H. Dubner, The near repdigit primes A(n-k-1)B(1)A(k), especially 9(n-k-1)8(1)9(k), Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Volume 28, No. 1, 1996-97, pp. 1-9.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..14.

Patrick De Geest, World!Of Numbers, Palindromic Wing Primes (PWP's)

Makoto Kamada, Prime numbers of the form 77...77477...77

Index entries for primes involving repunits.

Formula

a(n) = (A077781(n)-1)/2.

Mathematica

Do[If[PrimeQ[(7*10^(2n + 1) - 27*10^n - 7)/9], Print[n]], {n, 3000}]

Prog

(PARI) for(n=1, 1e3, if(ispseudoprime((7*10^(2*n+1)-27*10^n-7)/9), print1(n, ", "))) \\ Altug Alkan, Nov 23 2015

Crossrefs

Cf. A004023, A077775-A077798, A107123-A107127, A107648, A107649, A115073, A183174-A183187.

Sequence in context: A000616 A233217 A261963 * A018300 A317973 A361333

Adjacent sequences: A183176 A183177 A183178 * A183180 A183181 A183182

Keyword

nonn,base

Author

Ray Chandler, Dec 28 2010

Extensions

a(14) from Robert Price, Nov 23 2015

Status

approved