A217118 Greatest number (in decimal representation) with n nonprime substrings in base-8 representation (substrings with leading zeros are considered to be nonprime).

491, 3933, 24303, 32603, 188143, 253789, 261117, 1555423, 2030319, 2088797, 2088943, 16185163, 16710383, 16710381, 16768991, 99606365, 129884143, 133683069, 134150015, 134209503, 770611067, 1039073149, 1069408239, 1073209071, 1073209083, 1073676029, 5065578363

Offset

0,1

Comments

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} 8^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-8 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 4-digit base-8 number has at least 1 nonprime substring. Hence, each 4(n+1)-digit number has at least n+1 nonprime substrings. Consequently, there is a boundary b < 8^(4n+3) such that all numbers > b have more than n nonprime substrings. It follows, that the set of numbers with n nonprime substrings is finite.

Links

Hieronymus Fischer, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..50

Formula

a(n) >= A217108(n).

a(n) >= A217308(A000217(num_digits_8(a(n)))-n), where num_digits_8(x) is the number of digits of the base-8 representation of x.

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

a(n) <= 512*8^n.

a(n+m+1) >= 8*a(n), where m := floor(log_8(a(n))) + 1.

Example

a(0) = 491, since 491 = 753_8 (base-8) is the greatest number with zero nonprime substrings in base-8 representation.
a(1) = 3933 = 7535_8 has 1 nonprime substring in base-8 representation (=7535_8). All the other base-8 substrings are prime substrings. 3933 is the greatest such number with 1 nonprime substring.
a(2) = 24303 = 57357_8 has 15 substrings in base-8 representation, exactly 2 of them are nonprime substrings (57357_8 and 735_8), and there is no greater number with 2 nonprime substrings in base-3 representation.
a(3) = 32603 = 77533_8 has 15 substrings in base-8 representation, only 3 of them are nonprime substrings (33_8, 77_8, and 7753_8), and there is no greater number with 3 nonprime substrings in base-8 representation.

Crossrefs

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

Cf. A035244, A079397, A213300 - A213321.

Cf. A217102 - A217109, A217112 - A217119.

Cf. A217302 - A217309.

Sequence in context: A271664 A082079 A260925 * A205200 A205058 A229520

Adjacent sequences: A217115 A217116 A217117 * A217119 A217120 A217121

Keyword

nonn,base

Author

Hieronymus Fischer, Dec 20 2012

Status

approved