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A242835
Primes formed by the initial digits of the decimal expansion of the square root of 5.
0
2, 223, 22360679774997896964091
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
There is no other term with less than 111 digits.
a(4) has 1506 digits. - Hiroaki Yamanouchi, Sep 11 2014
EXAMPLE
Decimal expansion of sqrt(5) begins: 2.23606797749978969640917366... - Wesley Ivan Hurt, May 26 2014
MATHEMATICA
Module[{d=25, f}, f=RealDigits[Sqrt[5], 10, d][[1]]; Select[ Table[ FromDigits[ Take[f, n]], {n, d}], PrimeQ]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 29 2020 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A002163 (Decimal Expansion of sqrt(5)).
Sequence in context: A117076 A132936 A110715 * A270713 A071225 A212082
KEYWORD
nonn,base,bref
AUTHOR
Felix Fröhlich, May 23 2014
STATUS
approved