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A294571
Numbers k such that (71*10^k - 539)/9 is prime.
0
1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13, 76, 93, 141, 202, 274, 445, 907, 1233, 1366, 2131, 2590, 2979, 3489, 3735, 95277, 148306, 165663
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
For k > 1, numbers k such that the digit 7 followed by k-2 occurrences of the digit 8 followed by the digits 29 is prime (see Example section).
a(24) > 2*10^5.
EXAMPLE
3 is in this sequence because (71*10^3 - 539)/9 = 7829 is prime.
Initial terms and associated primes:
a(1) = 1, 19;
a(2) = 3, 7829;
a(3) = 7, 78888829;
a(4) = 9, 7888888829;
a(5) = 10, 78888888829; etc.
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range[1, 100000], PrimeQ[(71*10^#- 539)/9] &]
KEYWORD
nonn,more,hard
AUTHOR
Robert Price, Nov 02 2017
EXTENSIONS
a(22)-a(23) from Robert Price, Jul 27 2019
STATUS
approved