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Meaning of emirp | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A prime number that becomes a different prime when its decimal digits (or digits in some specified other base) are reversed.

Examples

“The sequence of emirps begins: 13, 17, 31, 37, 71, 73, 79, 97, 107, ...”
“The first few emirps in base 12 (using the convention T for ten and E for eleven) are: 15, 51, 57, 5E, 75, E5, 107, ...”
“Therefore we do not yet know whether the general emirps go on forever or whether they too eventually end with a largest emirp of all.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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