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Run lengths of the most significant decimal digit in the primes (A077648).
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%I #16 Oct 16 2024 22:26:37

%S 1,1,1,1,4,2,2,3,2,2,3,2,1,21,16,16,17,14,16,14,15,14,135,127,120,119,

%T 114,117,107,110,112,1033,983,958,930,924,878,902,876,879,8392,8013,

%U 7863,7678,7560,7445,7408,7323,7224,70435,67883,66330,65367,64336,63799,63129,62712,62090

%N Run lengths of the most significant decimal digit in the primes (A077648).

%F a(n) = A000720(A037124(n+6)) - A000720(A037124(n+5)) for n >= 5. - _Pontus von Brömssen_, Oct 07 2024

%e The primes and the run lengths of their initial digits begin

%e primes 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, ...

%e runs \------------/ \----/ \----/

%e lengths 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 ...

%o (Python)

%o from sympy import primepi

%o def A376129(n):

%o if n<5: return 1

%o def f(m): return (lambda x:primepi(10**x[0]*(x[1]+1)))(divmod(m,9))

%o return int(f(n+5)-f(n+4)) # _Chai Wah Wu_, Oct 16 2024

%Y Cf. A000720, A037124, A077648.

%K nonn,base

%O 1,5

%A _Stuart Coe_, Sep 11 2024