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A088784
Primes formed by concatenating a prime with the preceding prime.
6
53, 5347, 5953, 6761, 137131, 179173, 211199, 223211, 239233, 263257, 359353, 541523, 593587, 613607, 631619, 653647, 659653, 757751, 809797, 977971, 997991, 1009997, 11091103, 11291123, 12371231, 13991381, 15591553, 17831777, 19311913, 19791973, 19931987, 23092297
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
EXAMPLE
a(2) = 5347 because 5347 is 53 (a prime) concatenated with 47 (the preceding prime).
MATHEMATICA
concatpr[n_]:=FromDigits[Join[IntegerDigits[n], IntegerDigits[ NextPrime[ n, -1]]]]; Select[concatpr/@Prime[Range[400]], PrimeQ] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 12 2011 *)
PROG
(PARI) for(n=1, 10^3, p=prime(n); q=concat(Str(p), Str(precprime(p-1))); if(isprime(eval(q)), print1(q, ", "))) \\ Derek Orr, Aug 14 2014
(Python)
from itertools import islice
from sympy import isprime, nextprime
def agen(): # generator of terms
p, pstr = 2, "2"
while True:
q = nextprime(p)
qstr = str(q)
t = int(qstr + pstr)
if isprime(t):
yield t
p, pstr = q, qstr
print(list(islice(agen(), 32))) # Michael S. Branicky, Jan 05 2022
CROSSREFS
Cf. A088712.
Sequence in context: A200917 A234630 A370294 * A104820 A093253 A293080
KEYWORD
base,nonn
AUTHOR
Chuck Seggelin (barkeep(AT)plasteredDragon.com), Oct 15 2003
EXTENSIONS
Terms a(30), a(31) and a(32) added by K. D. Bajpai, Aug 14 2014
STATUS
approved