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A177998
The n-digit prime with the largest number of zero decimal digits, the largest of these if there are more than one. Zero if no such prime exists.
0
0, 0, 907, 9007, 90007, 900007, 8000009, 40000003, 700000001, 9000000001, 40000000003, 700000000009, 8000000000009, 70000000000009, 940000000000007, 9000000000000007, 70000000000000003, 200000000000000003
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
The largest number of zero digits in the n-digit prime is n-2, because leading zeros are ignored and the last digit is >0 for primes.
EXAMPLE
3-digit primes with one zero are 101, 103, 107,.., 907. The largest of these is 907, which defines a(3).
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Lekraj Beedassy, May 17 2010
STATUS
approved