Sequence of Palindromic Sophie Germain Primes
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Theorem
The number $N = 191 \, 918 \, 080 \, 818 \, 091 \, 909 \, 090 \, 909 \, 190 \, 818 \, 080 \, 819 \, 191$ has the property that:
- $N$ is a palindromic Sophie Germain prime
- $2 N + 1$ is also a palindromic Sophie Germain prime
- $2 \left({2 N + 1}\right) + 1$ is also a palindromic prime, but not a Sophie Germain prime.
Proof
By direct calculation:
\(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds 191 \, 918 \, 080 \, 818 \, 091 \, 909 \, 090 \, 909 \, 190 \, 818 \, 080 \, 819 \, 191\) | is palindromic and prime | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds 2 \times 191 \, 918 \, 080 \, 818 \, 091 \, 909 \, 090 \, 909 \, 190 \, 818 \, 080 \, 819 \, 191 + 1\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 383 \, 836 \, 161 \, 636 \, 183 \, 818 \, 181 \, 818 \, 381 \, 636 \, 161 \, 638 \, 383\) | is palindromic and prime | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds 2 \times 383 \, 836 \, 161 \, 636 \, 183 \, 818 \, 181 \, 818 \, 381 \, 636 \, 161 \, 638 \, 383 + 1\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 767 \, 672 \, 323 \, 272 \, 367 \, 636 \, 363 \, 636 \, 763 \, 272 \, 323 \, 276 \, 767\) | is palindromic and prime | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds 2 \times 767 \, 672 \, 323 \, 272 \, 367 \, 636 \, 363 \, 636 \, 763 \, 272 \, 323 \, 276 \, 767 + 1\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 1 \, 535 \, 344 \, 646 \, 544 \, 735 \, 272 \, 727 \, 273 \, 526 \, 544 \, 646 \, 553 \, 535\) | is neither prime nor palindromic |
$\blacksquare$
Sources
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $191,918,080,818,091,909,090,909,190,818,080,819,191$