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Numbers k such that 9*10^k + 23 is prime.
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%I #14 May 18 2024 11:31:38

%S 1,4,10,16,22,28,49,66,67,73,89,136,198,718,2674,3497,7894,9018,12058,

%T 16368,91693

%N Numbers k such that 9*10^k + 23 is prime.

%C For k>1, numbers k such that the digit 9 followed by k-2 occurrences of the digit 0 followed by the digits 23 is prime (see Example section).

%C a(22) > 2*10^5.

%H Makoto Kamada, <a href="https://stdkmd.net/nrr">Factorization of near-repdigit-related numbers</a>.

%H Makoto Kamada, <a href="https://stdkmd.net/nrr/prime/prime_difficulty.txt">Search for 90w23</a>.

%e 4 is in this sequence because 9*10^4 + 23 = 90023 is prime.

%e Initial terms and associated primes:

%e a(1) = 1, 113;

%e a(2) = 4, 90023;

%e a(3) = 10, 90000000023;

%e a(4) = 16, 90000000000000023;

%e a(5) = 22, 90000000000000000000023; etc.

%t Select[Range[0, 100000], PrimeQ[9*10^# + 23] &]

%Y Cf. A056654, A268448, A269303, A270339, A270613, A270831, A270890, A270929, A271269.

%K nonn,more,hard

%O 1,2

%A _Robert Price_, Nov 05 2017