[seqfan] Re: primes beginning 101 in binary

[Neil Sloane]

David, Thank you! I've edited the comment in A262350 accordingly.

Best regards
Neil

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On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 11:26 AM, David Wilson <davidwwilson at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Yes, this type of sequence is infinite.
>
> By the prime number theorem, if eps > 0, there is a prime between n and
> n(1+e) for sufficient n.
> This implies that there is a prime between cb^k and (c+1)b^k for
> sufficient k.
> This means that there are an infinitude of numbers in base b starting with
> prefix c.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SeqFan [mailto:seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu] On Behalf Of Neil
> > Sloane
> > Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 10:11 AM
> > To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> > Subject: [seqfan] primes beginning 101 in binary
> >
> > Alois has produced a clean binary version of A089755 and A262283, namely
> > A262350:
> > a(1) = 2. For n>1, let s denote the binary string of a(n-1) with the
> leftmost 1
> > and following consecutive 0's removed. Then a(n) is the smallest prime
> not
> > yet present whose binary representation begins with s.
> >
> > This led me to look at "primes beginning 101 in binary" etc.:
> > Primes whose binary expansion begins with binary expansion of 1, 2, 3,
> 4, 5,
> > 6, 7: A000040, A080165, A080166, A262286, A262284, A262287, A262285.
> >
> > My question is, is it known that any of these sequences are infinite
> (other
> > than A000040, the primes themselves)?
> >
> > Is there a proof that the new sequence A262350 or its complement are
> > infinite?
> >
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