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A113076
Smallest prime obtained by appending one or more 7's to n, -1 if no such prime exists.
4
17, 277, 37, 47, 577, 67, -1, 877, 97, 107, 11777, 127, 137, -1, 157, 167, 1777, 1877, 197, 20777777, -1, 227, 2377, 2477, 257, 2677, 277, -1, 29777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777, 307, 317, 3277777
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
EXAMPLE
a(17) = 1777 is the smallest prime obtained by appending two 7s to 17.
MATHEMATICA
For[n = 1, n < 50, n++, If[n/7 <= Floor[n/7], k := 1; While[Not[PrimeQ[10^k*n + (10^k - 1)*7/9]], k++ ]; Print[10^k*n + (10^k - 1)*7/9]]] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Jan 27 2006 *)
Select[Table[First[Select[Rest[FromDigits/@Table[PadRight[{x}, n, 7], {n, 50}]], PrimeQ]], {x, 35}], NumberQ]//Quiet (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 16 2011 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign,base
AUTHOR
Parthasarathy Nambi, Jan 03 2006
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Stefan Steinerberger, Jan 27 2006
Name and Data corrected by Toshitaka Suzuki, May 21 2023
STATUS
approved