A339616 The Judd Trump's "infinite plant" sequence: prime numbers become nonprime numbers by striking the cue ball 2 with a cue stick to the right (see the Comments section).
2, 11, 3, 23, 29, 5, 13, 31, 7, 41, 43, 37, 47, 53, 59, 17, 61, 67, 71, 83, 89, 19, 97, 73, 101, 103, 107, 79, 109, 127, 113, 149, 131, 151, 157, 137, 139, 163, 167, 173, 181, 179, 211, 191, 193, 197, 223, 199, 227, 229, 233, 239, 241, 251, 257, 263, 269, 271, 281, 283, 277, 293, 307, 311, 331, 337, 313, 347
Offset: 1
Examples
Striking 2 to the right pushes 2 against 11; the last digit of 11 is then pushed against 3 (leaving 21 behind - a nonprime); the last digit of 3 is then pushed against 23 (leaving 1 behind - a nonprime); the last digit of 23 is then pushed against 29 (leaving 32 behind - a nonprime); the last digit of 29 is then pushed against 5 (leaving 32 behind - a nonprime); the last digit of 5 is then pushed against 13 (leaving 9 behind - a nonprime); etc. This is the lexicographically earliest sequence of distinct positive terms with this property.
Crossrefs
Cf. A339467 (the Ronnie O'Sullivan sequence).
Programs
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Python
from sympy import isprime def aupto(n): alst, used, strakm1 = [0, 2], {2}, "2" for k in range(2, n+1): ball = (str(alst[k-1]))[-1] ak = 1 ball_left = ball + (str(ak))[:-1] while isprime(int(ball_left)) or ak in used or not isprime(ak): ak += 2 # continue to only test odds ball_left = ball + (str(ak))[:-1] alst.append(ak) used.add(ak) return alst[1:] # use alst[n] for a(n) function print(aupto(70)) # Michael S. Branicky, Dec 11 2020
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