Right-Truncatable Prime/Examples/73,939,133

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Example of Right-Truncatable Prime

$73 \, 939 \, 133$ is a right-truncatable prime:

\(\ds \) \(\) \(\ds 73 \, 939 \, 133\) is the $4 \, 335 \, 891$st prime
\(\ds \) \(\) \(\ds 7 \, 393 \, 913\) is the $501 \, 582$nd prime
\(\ds \) \(\) \(\ds 739 \, 391\) is the $59 \, 487$th prime
\(\ds \) \(\) \(\ds 73 \, 939\) is the $7296$th prime
\(\ds \) \(\) \(\ds 7393\) is the $939$th prime
\(\ds \) \(\) \(\ds 739\) is the $131$st prime
\(\ds \) \(\) \(\ds 73\) is the $21$st prime
\(\ds \) \(\) \(\ds 7\) is the $4$th prime

$\blacksquare$


Historical Note

David Wells attributes this result in his $1997$ work Curious and Interesting Numbers, 2nd ed. to Mogens Esrom Larsen, but this has not been corroborated.


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