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A276200
Largest prime < the concatenation of the numbers from 1 to n (A007908).
1
11, 113, 1231, 12343, 123449, 1234547, 12345653, 123456761, 12345678899, 1234567891003, 123456789101099, 12345678910111207, 1234567891011121309, 123456789101112131383, 12345678910111213141337, 1234567891011121314151561, 123456789101112131415161717, 12345678910111213141516171723
OFFSET
2,1
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Previous Prime
FORMULA
a(n) = A151799(A007908(n)).
a(n) = A000040(A000720(A007908(n)-1)).
EXAMPLE
a(5) = 12343, because this is the largest prime less than 12345.
MAPLE
tcat:= (a, b) -> a*10^(1+ilog10(b))+b:
t:= 1: R:= NULL:
for i from 2 to 20 do
t:= tcat(t, i);
R:= R, prevprime(t);
od:
R; # Robert Israel, Oct 29 2024
MATHEMATICA
Table[NextPrime[FromDigits[Flatten[IntegerDigits[Range[n]]]], -1], {n, 2, 19}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Ilya Gutkovskiy, Aug 24 2016
STATUS
approved