Near-repdigit

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(up) Definitions and Notes

A repunit is a number of the form 11111...111 (repeated units). In base two (binary), these are the Mersenne primes. In base ten, just a few are known. If we repeat any other digit, then we get a composite (e.g., 777777 is divisible by 7).

To get a more general form, two things have been tried:

  1. Let one of the digits differ from one--these are the near repunit primes.
  2. Let all but one of the digits be the same, these are the near repdigit primes (and include the near repunit primes).

(up) Record Primes of this Type

rankprime digitswhowhencomment
18 · 105112847 - 1 5112848 A19 Jan 2024 Near - repdigit
2101888529 - 10944264 - 1 1888529 p423 Oct 2021 Near - repdigit, palindrome
3993 · 101768283 - 1 1768286 L4879 Feb 2019 Near - repdigit
49 · 101762063 - 1 1762064 L4879 Aug 2020 Near - repdigit
5(10859669 - 1)2 - 2 1719338 p405 May 2022 Near - repdigit
68 · 101715905 - 1 1715906 L4879 Aug 2020 Near - repdigit
792 · 101585996 - 1 1585998 L4789 Apr 2023 Near - repdigit
89992 · 101567410 - 1 1567414 L4879 Aug 2020 Near - repdigit
999 · 101536527 - 1 1536529 L4879 Feb 2019 Near - repdigit
10992 · 101533933 - 1 1533936 L4879 Feb 2019 Near - repdigit
1192 · 101439761 - 1 1439763 L4789 Dec 2020 Near - repdigit
12(10657559 - 1)2 - 2 1315118 p405 May 2022 Near - repdigit
1393 · 101170023 - 1 1170025 L4789 Aug 2022 Near - repdigit
142 · 101059002 - 1 1059003 L3432 Sep 2013 Near - repdigit
1593 · 101029523 - 1 1029525 L4789 Jan 2019 Near - repdigit
169 · 101009567 - 1 1009568 L3735 Sep 2016 Near - repdigit
1796 · 10846519 - 1 846521 L2425 Sep 2011 Near - repdigit
1892 · 10833852 - 1 833854 L4789 Apr 2018 Near - repdigit
19(10393063 - 1)2 - 2 786126 p405 May 2022 Near - repdigit
20(10334568 - 1)2 - 2 669136 p405 May 2022 Near - repdigit

(up) References

Caldwell89
C. Caldwell, "The near repdigit primes 333 ... 331," J. Recreational Math., 21:4 (1989) 299--304.
Caldwell90
C. Caldwell, "The near repdigit primes AnB, ABn, and UBASIC," J. Recreational Math., 22:2 (1990) 100--109.
CD95
C. Caldwell and H. Dubner, "The near repunit primes 1n-k-1011k," J. Recreational Math., 27 (1995) 35--41.
CD97
C. Caldwell and H. Dubner, "The near repdigit primes An-k-1B1Ak, especially 9n-k-1819k," J. Recreational Math., 28:1 (1996-97) 1--9.
Heleen98
Heleen, J. P., "More near-repunit primes 1n-k-1D11k, D=2,3, ..., 9," J. Recreational Math., 29:3 (1998) 190--195.
Williams78b
H. C. Williams, "Some primes with interesting digit patterns," Math. Comp., 32 (1978) 1306--1310.  Corrigendum in 39 (1982), 759.  MR 58:484
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