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From: unbent@ecsvax.UUCP (Jay F. Rosenberg)
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: New prime questions from Prof. Ziff
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Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 08:50:54 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  9 08:50:54 1985
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	In the series:	13
			1113
			111113
			...
(odd number of '1's followed by a '3'), what's the first prime after 13?
	In the series:	101
			1001
			10001
			...
('1' followed by n '0's followed by 'l'), what's the first prime after 101?
"There is such a prime and it is constituted of an odd number of digits, but
I should like to meet it", writes Professor Ziff.
	"Where does he get these incessant questions?" writes Professor
Rosenberg.  Thanks for your help.


--Jay Rosenberg                      ...{decvax,akgua}!mcnc!ecsvax!unbent
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Dept. of Philosophy; University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC  27514
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