OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
For k > 1, numbers k such that the digit 4 followed by k-2 occurrences of the digit 1 followed by the digits 53 is prime (see Example section).
a(23) > 2*10^5.
LINKS
Makoto Kamada, Factorization of near-repdigit-related numbers.
Makoto Kamada, Search for 41w53.
EXAMPLE
3 is in this sequence because (37*10^3 + 377)/9 = 4153 is prime.
Initial terms and associated primes:
a(1) = 1, 83;
a(2) = 3, 4153;
a(3) = 9, 4111111153;
a(4) = 25, 41111111111111111111111153;
a(5) = 36, 4111111111111111111111111111111111153; etc.
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range[0, 100000], PrimeQ[(37*10^# + 377)/9] &]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,more,hard
AUTHOR
Robert Price, Oct 17 2017
EXTENSIONS
a(22) from Robert Price, Nov 02 2018
STATUS
approved