Subpandigital and subpenholodigital prime digit-sum conjecture

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For a base-bb integer nn, let sb(n)s_b(n) denote the sum of its base-bb digits. A subpandigital prime (respectively, subpenholodigital prime) is a prime whose base-bb representation contains each digit 0,1,…,b−20,1,\ldots,b-2 (respectively, each digit 1,…,b−21,\ldots,b-2) at least once, while omitting b−1b-1 (respectively, omitting both 00 and b−1b-1).

Subpandigital and subpenholodigital prime digit-sum conjecture. For b>4b>4, the smallest subpandigital prime or smallest subpenholodigital prime nn satisfies sb(n)=(b−2)(b−1)/2+2s_b(n)=(b-2)(b-1)/2+2 for bb of the form 4k+34k+3, and satisfies sb(n)=(b−2)(b−1)/2+1s_b(n)=(b-2)(b-1)/2+1 otherwise.

The preceding theorems provide lower bounds and improve them for bases of the form 4k+34k+3. The conjecture is motivated by the displayed numerical table, and the supplied text gives no resolution.

References

Primary source

Chai Wah Wu, “Pandigital and penholodigital numbers”, arXiv:2403.20304 (2025).

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