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Period of decimal expansion of 1/(n-th prime) (0 by convention for the primes 2 and 5).
(Formerly M4050 N1680)
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28
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| 0, 1, 0, 6, 2, 6, 16, 18, 22, 28, 15, 3, 5, 21, 46, 13, 58, 60, 33, 35, 8, 13, 41, 44, 96, 4, 34, 53, 108, 112, 42, 130, 8, 46, 148, 75, 78, 81, 166, 43, 178, 180, 95, 192, 98, 99, 30, 222, 113, 228, 232, 7, 30, 50, 256, 262, 268, 5, 69, 28, 141, 146, 153, 155, 312, 79, 110
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OFFSET
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1,4
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COMMENT
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Numbers n such that A071126(n)=A000040(n)-1 - Hugo Pfoertner (hugo(AT)pfoertner.org), Mar 18 2003
a( PrimePi[p] ) = p - 1 for prime p = {7, 17, 19, 23, 29, 47, 59, 61, 97, ...} = A001913(n) Cyclic numbers: primes with primitive root 10. a( A060257(n) ) = Prime[ A060257(n) ] - 1, where A060257(n) = {4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 17, 18, 25, 29, 30, 32, ...} Numbers n such that 1/prime(n) has period prime(n) - 1. - Alexander Adamchuk (alex(AT)kolmogorov.com), Jan 28 2007
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REFERENCES
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N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
Albert H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, 2nd ed. New York: Dover, 1966, pages 65, 309. ISBN 0-486-21096-0.
John H. Conway and R. K. Guy, The Book of Numbers, Copernicus Press, p. 162.
D. H. Lehmer, Guide to Tables in the Theory of Numbers. Bulletin No. 105, National Research Council, Washington, DC, 1941, p. 15.
W. Shanks, On the number of figures in the period of the reciprocal of every prime number below 20 000, Proc. Royal Soc. London, 22 (1874), 200-210.
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LINKS
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T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
C. K. Caldwell, The Prime Glossary, period of a prime
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Link to a section of The World of Mathematics.
Index entries for sequences related to decimal expansion of 1/n
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EXAMPLE
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1/31 = .03225806451612903225806451612903225806452... has period 15.
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MATHEMATICA
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Table[ Length[ RealDigits[1 / Prime[n]] [[1, 1]]], {n, 1, 70}]
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PROGRAM
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(PARI) a(n)=if(n<4, n==2, znorder(Mod(10, prime(n))))
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CROSSREFS
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See A048595 for another version. Cf. A006883, A007732, A051626, A071126, A000040, A002275.
Cf. A001913 = Cyclic numbers: primes with primitive root 10. Cf. A060257 = numbers n such that 1/prime(n) has period prime(n) - 1.
Sequence in context: A126664 A011005 A021945 this_sequence A048595 A153313 A096050
Adjacent sequences: A002368 A002369 A002370 this_sequence A002372 A002373 A002374
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KEYWORD
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nonn,nice,easy
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AUTHOR
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N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).
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EXTENSIONS
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More terms from Arlin Anderson (starship1(AT)gmail.com)
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