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A constant prime, or "A-prime," is a prime p with n digits equal to the concatenation of the first n digits of the decimal expansion of a positive constant A. The decimal point and an initial 0 to its left are omitted. Constant primes are therefore a special type of integer sequence primes, with e-primes, pi-primes, and phi-primes being perhaps the most prominent examples.

The following table summarizes reported indices of constant primes and probable primes for some named mathematical constants. The search limit is the reported extent of the search in decimal prefix length. A question mark indicates an unknown search limit.

constantname of primescOEISn giving primesearch limit (searcher, date)
Apéry's constantzeta(3)A11933410, 55, 109, 1419089 (E. W. Weisstein, Mar. 22, 2008)
Catalan's constantCA11832852, 276, 25477166896 (E. W. Weisstein, Feb. 8, 2016)
Champernowne constantCA07162010, 14, 24, 235, 2804, 4347, 37735105867 (E. W. Weisstein, Oct. 9, 2015)
Copeland-Erdős constantCA2275301, 2, 4, 11, 353, 355, 499, 1171, 1543, 5719, 11048, 68433, 97855, 292447500000 (M. Rodenkirch, Jun. 18, 2016)
ee-primeeA0641181, 3, 7, 85, 1781, 2780, 112280, 155025197760 (E. W. Weisstein, Feb. 8, 2016)
Euler-Mascheroni constantgammaA0658151, 3, 40, 185, 1038, 22610, 179849206078 (E. W. Weisstein, Feb. 8, 2016)
Glaisher-Kinkelin constantAA1184207, 10, 18, 64, 71, 527, 1992, 5644, 8813, 19692129009 (E. W. Weisstein, Mar. 1, 2011)
Golomb-Dickman constantlambdaA1749746, 27, 57, 60, 1659, 250815000 (E. W. Weisstein, Jul. 25, 2013)
golden ratiophi-primephiA0641197, 13, 255, 280, 97241500000 (M. Rodenkirch, Jun. 20, 2017)
Khinchin's constantKA1183271, 407, 878, 4443, 4981, 6551, 13386, 28433250000 (E. W. Weisstein, Oct. 17, 2026)
natural logarithm of 2ln2A228226321, 466, 1271, 15690, 18872, 8997390220 (E. W. Weisstein, Oct. 28, 2015)
natural logarithm of 10ln10A2282401, 2, 40, 242, 842, 1541, 7506777006 (E. W. Weisstein, Oct. 12, 2015)
pipi-primepiA0604211, 2, 6, 38, 16208, 47577, 78073, 613373?
Pythagoras's constantsqrt(2)A11537755, 97, 225, 11260, 11540187336 (E. W. Weisstein, Feb. 8, 2016)
Soldner's constantmuA1224224, 144, 227, 444, 1947421757 (E. W. Weisstein, Sep. 7, 2006)
Theodorus's constantsqrt(3)A1193442, 3, 19, 111, 116, 641, 5411, 170657193924 (E. W. Weisstein, Feb. 8, 2016)

The following table summarizes reported discoverers and discovery dates for some large constant primes and probable primes.

constantdigitsdiscovererPrimePages
Champernowne constant37735E. W. Weisstein (Jul. 15, 2013)
Copeland-Erdős constant11048E. W. Weisstein (Jul. 14, 2013)
Copeland-Erdős constant68433E. W. Weisstein (Aug. 16, 2013)
Copeland-Erdős constant97855E. W. Weisstein (Oct. 24, 2015)
Copeland-Erdős constant292447M. Rodenkirch (Dec. 11, 2015)
e112280E. W. Weisstein (Jul. 3, 2009)
e155025E. W. Weisstein (Oct. 7, 2010)
Euler-Mascheroni constant22610E. W. Weisstein (Apr. 25, 2006)
Euler-Mascheroni constant179849E. W. Weisstein (Jun. 1, 2011)
Glaisher-Kinkelin constant19692E. W. Weisstein (Apr. 29, 2006)
Khinchin's constant13386E. W. Weisstein (Apr. 26, 2006)
Khinchin's constant28433E. W. Weisstein (Apr. 27, 2006)
natural logarithm of 215690E. W. Weisstein (Aug. 17, 2013)
natural logarithm of 218872E. W. Weisstein (Aug. 18, 2013)
natural logarithm of 289973E. W. Weisstein (Oct. 28, 2015)
natural logarithm of 1075067E. W. Weisstein (Oct. 10, 2015)
pi16208E. T. Prothro (Dec. 13, 2001)https://t5k.org/curios/page.php?number_id=1435
pi47577E. W. Weisstein (Apr. 1, 2006)
pi78073E. W. Weisstein (Jul. 13, 2006)
pi613373A. Bondrescu (May 29, 2016)
golden ratio97241E. W. Weisstein (Jun. 4, 2009)
Pythagoras's constant11260E. W. Weisstein (Jan. 21, 2006)https://t5k.org/curios/page.php?number_id=21191
Pythagoras's constant11540E. W. Weisstein (Jan. 21, 2006)https://t5k.org/curios/page.php?number_id=4948
Theodorus's constant170657E. W. Weisstein (Aug. 18, 2013)

The following table summarizes the values of known constant primes for some named mathematical constants. The first of the sqrt(2)-primes (where sqrt(2) is Pythagoras's constant) was found by J. Earls (Pickover 2002, p. 334) and, contrary to Pickover's claim, is actually the smallest (rather than the largest known) example.

constantcOEISprimes
Apéry's constantzeta(3)A1193331202056903, 1202056903159594285399738161511449990764986292340498881, ...
Champernowne constantCA1769421234567891, 12345678910111, 123456789101112131415161, ...
Catalan's constantCA1183299159655941772190150546035149323841107741493742816721, ...
Copeland-Erdős constantCA2275292, 23, 2357, 23571113171, ...,
eeA0075122, 271, 2718281, ...
Euler-Mascheroni constantgammaA0729525, 577, 5772156649015328606065120900824024310421, ...
Glaisher-Kinkelin constantAA1184191282427, 1282427129, 128242712910062263, ...
Golomb-Dickman constantlambdaA174975624329, 624329988543550870992936383, ...
golden ratiophiA0641171618033, 1618033988749, ...
natural logarithm of 10ln10A2282412, 23, 2302585092994045684017991454684364207601, ...
pipiA0050423, 31, 314159, 31415926535897932384626433832795028841, ...
Pythagoras's constantsqrt(2)A1154531414213562373095048801688724209698078569671875376948073, ...
Soldner's constantmuA1224211451, ...
Theodorus's constantsqrt(3)A11934317, 173, 1732050807568877293, ...

See also

Consecutive Number Sequences, Constant Digit Scanning, e-Prime, Integer Sequence Primes, Phi-Prime, Pi-Prime, Prime Constant

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References

Pickover, C. A. The Mathematics of Oz: Mental Gymnastics from beyond the Edge. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002.Prime Curios! https://t5k.org/curios/.Sloane, N. J. A. Sequences A005042, A007512, A060421, A064117, A064118, A064119, A065815, A071620, A072952, A115377, A115453, A118327, A118328, A118329, A118419, A118420, A119333, A119334, A119343, A119344, A122421, A122422, A174974, A174975, A176942, A227529, A227530, A228226, A228240, and A228241 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Constant Primes." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ConstantPrimes.html

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