OFFSET
2,1
COMMENTS
If the length of n is odd then the central number is not used in the calculation. So neither the left half nor the right half will contain the central digit. If the length of n is even, then all numbers are used.
LINKS
Tony Padilla and Brady Haran, The Most Evil Number, Numberphile video (2018)
EXAMPLE
The right half of 13 is 3, which is prime. The left half is 1, which is not prime.
The right half of 113 is 3, which is prime. The left half is 1, which is not prime.
PROG
(PARI) /* Political primes, republican case. */ rep(n) = { local(x, ln, y, lp, rp); forprime(x=2, n, y=Str(x); if(x > 9, ln=floor(length(y)/2), ln=1); lp = eval(left(y, ln)); rp = eval(right(y, ln)); if(!isprime(lp)&& isprime(rp), print1(x", ") ) ) }
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
base,easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Cino Hilliard, Jan 22 2007
STATUS
approved