A107809 a(1) = prime(9), for n >= 2, a(n) is the smallest prime not previously used which contains a digit from a(n-1).

23, 2, 29, 19, 11, 13, 3, 31, 17, 7, 37, 43, 41, 47, 67, 61, 71, 73, 53, 5, 59, 79, 89, 83, 103, 101, 107, 97, 109, 113, 127, 131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199, 211, 223, 227, 229, 233, 239, 241, 251, 257, 263, 269, 271, 277

Offset: 1

Author

Zak Seidov & Eric Angelini, May 24 2005

Keywords

• nonn
• base

Comments

a(n) = prime(n) for almost all n. Probably a(n) = prime(n) for all n > N for some N, but N must be very large. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 20 2011

Crossrefs

Cf. A107353.

Other cases of seed: A107801 (a(1) = 2), A107802 (a(1) = 3), A107803 (a(1) = 5), A107804 (a(1) = 7), A107805 (a(1) = 11), A107806 (a(1) = 13), A107807 (a(1) = 17), A107808 (a(1) = 19), A107810 (a(1) = 29), A107811 (a(1) = 31), A107812 (a(1) = 37), A107813 (a(1) = 41), A107814 (a(1) = 43).

Programs

Mathematica

p=Prime[9];b={p};d=p;Do[Do[r=Prime[c];If[FreeQ[b, r]&&Intersection@@IntegerDigits/@{d, r}=!={}, b=Append[b, r];d=r;Break[]], {c, 1000}], {k, 60}];b

PARI

common(a,b)=a=vecsort(eval(Vec(Str(a))),,8);b=vecsort(eval(Vec(Str(b))),,8);#a+#b>#vecsort(concat(a,b),,8)
in(v,x)=for(i=1,#v,if(v[i]==x,return(1)));0
lista(nn) = {my(v=[23]); for(n=2, nn, forprime(p=2, default(primelimit), if(!in(v,p)&&common(v[#v],p), v=concat(v,p); break))); v; }
\\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 20 2011

Formula

a(n) ~ n log n. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 20 2011