A217116 - OEIS

%I #11 Jul 16 2015 22:26:21

%S 23,839,5039,6983,7127,42743,45863,46199,275183,279143,277199,1088531,

%T 1674863,1651103,1674859,6713711,9906599,10045559,10072943,39190247,

%U 40278647,60273359,60295079,60294239,60437659,241671887,342609527,359245007,361640159,362625959

%N Greatest number (in decimal representation) with n nonprime substrings in base-6 representation (substrings with leading zeros are considered to be nonprime).

%C The sequence is well-defined in that for each n the set of numbers with n nonprime substrings is not empty and finite. Proof of existence: Define m(n):=2*sum_{j=i..k} 6^j, where k:=floor((sqrt(8n+1)-1)/2), i:= n-(k(k+1)/2). For n=0,1,2,3,... the m(n) in base-6 representation are  2, 22, 20, 222, 220, 200, 2222, 2220, 2200, 2000, 22222, 22220, .... m(n) has k+1 digits and (k-i+1) 2’s. Thus, the number of nonprime substrings of m(n) is ((k+1)(k+2)/2)-k-1+i=(k(k+1)/2)+i=n. This proves the statement of existence. Proof of finiteness: Each 3-digit base-6 number has at least 1 nonprime substring. Hence, each 3(n+1)-digit number has at least n+1 nonprime substrings. Consequently, there is a boundary b < 6^(3n+2) such that all numbers > b have more than n nonprime substrings. It follows, that the set of numbers with n nonprime substrings is finite.

%H Hieronymus Fischer, <a href="/A217116/b217116.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..55</a>

%F a(n) >= A217106(n).

%F a(n) >= A217306(A000217(num_digits_6(a(n)))-n), where num_digits_6(x) is the number of digits of the base-6 representation of x.

%F a(n) <= 6^min(n+3, 7*floor((n+7)/8)).

%F a(n) <= 216*6^n.

%F a(n+m+1) >= 6*a(n), where m := floor(log_6(a(n))) + 1.

%e (0) = 23, since 23 = 35_6 (base-6) is the greatest number with zero nonprime substrings in base-6 representation.

%e a(1) = 839 = 3515_6 has 1 nonprime substring in base-6 representation (= 1). All the other base-6 substrings (3, 5, 15_6=11, 35_6=23, 51_6=31, 351_6=139, 515_6=191 and 3515_6=839) are prime substrings. 839 is the greatest number with 1 nonprime substring.

%e a(2) = 5039 = 35155_6 has 2 nonprime substrings in base-6 representation (1 and 55_6=35), and there is no greater number with 2 nonprime substrings in base-6 representation.

%e a(5) = 42743 = 525515_6 has 5 nonprime substrings in base-6 representation, these are 1, 52_6=32, 55_6=35, 5515_6=1271 and 52551_6=7123, and there is no greater number with 5 nonprime substrings in base-6 representation.

%Y Cf. A019546, A035232, A039996, A046034, A069489, A085823, A211681, A211682, A211684, A211685.

%Y Cf. A035244, A079397, A213300 - A213321.

%Y Cf. A217102 - A217109, A217112 - A217119.

%Y Cf. A217302 - A217309.

%K base,nonn

%O 0,1

%A _Hieronymus Fischer_, Dec 20 2012