Prime Curios!: 2999

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The fourth term of the sequence 2, 11, 29, 2999, ... , where each term (starting with the first prime) is the smallest prime, greater than the previous term, which contains a sum of digits equal to the previous term. The fifth term (5 * 10^333 - 10^332 - 10^174 - 1) was found by Jim Fougeron of Omaha, Nebraska.

Submitted: 2001-06-28 12:33:16; Last Modified: 2009-08-29 09:20:04.