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A086930 Smallest b>1 such that in base b representation the n-th prime is a repunit. 2

%I #19 Apr 09 2014 04:13:57

%S 2,4,2,10,3,16,18,22,28,2,36,40,6,46,52,58,60,66,70,8,78,82,88,96,100,

%T 102,106,108,112,2,130,136,138,148,150,12,162,166,172,178,180,190,192,

%U 196,198,14,222,226,228,232,238,15,250,256,262,268,270,276,280,282

%N Smallest b>1 such that in base b representation the n-th prime is a repunit.

%C From _Robert G. Wilson v_, Mar 26 2014: (Start)

%C Obviously the first prime number, 2, can never become a repunit since it is even; therefore this sequence has the offset of 2.

%C Most terms, a(n), are one less than the n-th prime; e.g., for a(8) the eighth prime is 19_10 = 11_18. Therefore a(n) <= Pi(n)-1.

%C However there are some terms for which a(n) occurs before Pi(n)-1; e.g., for a(14) the fourteenth prime is 43_10 = 111_6.

%C Those indices, i, are: 4, 6, 11, 14, 21, 31, 37, 47, 53, 63, 82, 90, ..., . Prime(i) = A085104.

%C In those cases a(n) is a proper divisor of Prime(n)-1.

%C (End)

%H Robert G. Wilson v, <a href="/A086930/b086930.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 2..1001</a>

%H Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Repunit.html">Repunit</a>

%e n=6: A000040(6) = 13 = 1*3^2 + 1*3^1 + 1*3^0: ternary(13)='111' and binary(13)='1101', therefore a(6)=3.

%t f[n_] := Block[{i = 1, d, p = Prime@ n}, d = Rest@ Divisors[p - 1]; While[id = IntegerDigits[p, d[[i]]]; id != Reverse@ id || Union@ id != {1}, i++]; d[[i]]]; Array[f, 60, 2]

%Y Cf. A000225, A003462, A002450, A003463, A003464, A023000, A023001, A002452, A002275, A004022, A016123, A016125, A085104.

%K nonn,base

%O 2,1

%A _Reinhard Zumkeller_, Sep 21 2003

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