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A077391
Smallest n-digit prime which leaves a prime at every step if most significant digit and least significant digit are deleted until a one digit or two digit prime is obtained, or 0 if no such prime exists.
0
2, 11, 127, 1021, 10313, 100237, 1002931, 10002331, 100023331, 1000023337, 10000239937, 100000233397, 1000002339937, 10000002339931, 100000139991331, 1000000023399331, 10000000233993397, 100000000293999997
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Conjecture: No term is zero.
EXAMPLE
a(6) = 100237: this is the smallest 6-digit number such that deleting MSD and LSD yields prime at every step, i.e. 100237, 0023, 02 all are primes.
CROSSREFS
Cf. A077390.
Sequence in context: A206401 A193207 A112864 * A104087 A208858 A376126
KEYWORD
base,nonn
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy, Nov 07 2002
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Daniel Starodubtsev, May 05 2020
STATUS
approved