OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
For k > 1, numbers k such that the digit 7 followed by k-2 occurrences of the digit 6 followed by the digits 73 is prime (see Example section).
a(25) > 2*10^5.
LINKS
Makoto Kamada, Factorization of near-repdigit-related numbers.
Makoto Kamada, Search for 76w73.
EXAMPLE
2 is in this sequence because (23*10^2 + 19)/3 = 773 is prime.
Initial terms and associated primes:
a(1) = 1, 83;
a(2) = 2, 773;
a(3) = 3, 7673;
a(4) = 4, 76673;
a(5) = 9, 7666666673; etc.
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range[0, 100000], PrimeQ[(23*10^# + 19)/3] &]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,more,hard
AUTHOR
Robert Price, Oct 31 2017
EXTENSIONS
a(23)-a(24) from Robert Price, Jul 27 2019
STATUS
approved
