OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Ties occur with bases 13 and 1553, which are detailed in the EXAMPLE section for completeness. See A220121 for the rest of the data.
EXAMPLE
In base 13, for any triple of primes under 103--the record corresponding to a(3)=12--at least 1 of the ways of stringing the primes together gives a composite; but {11,73,103} is a set giving primes all 6 ways: In base 13, these 3 primes are written B, 58 and 7C; and {587CB, 58B7C, 7C58B, 7CB58, B587C, B7C58} in base 13 corresponds to decimal {161731, 162343, 227251, 228223, 326611, 331651} (all of which are prime).
Base 1553 also ties the record set by base a(18)=1097, with no triple of primes under 1061 giving just primes, while the triple {197, 911, 1061} does.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
James G. Merickel, Dec 05 2012
STATUS
approved