snowball prime

noun

A prime number which remains a prime at every stage as it is written and truncated from the left.

Meanings

nounsnowball prime (plural snowball primes)

plural snowball primes

  1. uncommonmathematicsA prime number which remains a prime at every stage as it is written and truncated from the left.

    Synonyms: right-trunctable prime

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA prime number which remains a prime at every stage as it is written and truncated from the left.

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