OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Prime versus probable prime status and proofs are given in the author's table.
No further terms < 100000. - Ray Chandler, Aug 17 2011
The corresponding primes, called smoothly undulating palindromic primes (cf. links, A032758 and A059758), are listed in A092696. The number of '12's is given in A056803(n) = (a(n)-1)/2. - M. F. Hasler, Jul 30 2015
REFERENCES
J.-M. De Koninck, Ces nombres qui nous fascinent, Entry 139, p. 48, Ellipses, Paris 2008.
LINKS
EXAMPLE
k=11 --> (12*10^11 - 21)/99 = 12121212121.
MATHEMATICA
d[n_]:=IntegerDigits[n]; Length/@d[Select[NestList[FromDigits[Join[d[#], {2, 1}]]&, 1, 1000], PrimeQ]] (* Jayanta Basu, May 25 2013 *)
PROG
(PARI) for(n=1, 1e5, ispseudoprime(5^n<<(n+2)\33)&&print1(n", ")) \\ M. F. Hasler, Jul 30 2015
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Patrick De Geest and Hans Rosenthal (Hans.Rosenthal(AT)t-online.de), Jun 15 2001
EXTENSIONS
a(11) = 46499 from Ray Chandler, Nov 11 2010
Edited by Ray Chandler, Aug 17 2011
Name and other items edited by M. F. Hasler, Jul 30 2015
STATUS
approved