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Monday, 8 January 2018

Problem... Frustrating Primes



#PrimeNumbers #DivisibilityTests #Combinations
  • Download pdf format.
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  • For a post with solutions and more on Frustrating primes.
  • Link to the OEIS entry for Frustrating Primes.
  • For more on palprimes from Wolfram.

Some other prime types to explore with students:
  • Additive primes (and list)
  • Circular primes (and list)
  • Dihedral primes (and list).  
  • Emirps (and list)
  • Factorial primes (and list for n!-1, list for n!+1)
  • Double Factorial primes (and list for n!!-1, list for n!!+1)


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