A problem on concatenated integers
Number Theory
2021-03-10 v1
Abstract
Motivated by a WhattsApp message, we find out the integers such that , where means the concatenation of the strings of two natural numbers (for instance ). The discussion involves the equation , a slight variation of Pell's equation related to the arithmetic of the Dedekind ring . We obtain the infinite sequence of all the solutions of the equation , which tourn out to have limit . The solutions of the initial problem on concatenated integers form the infinite subsequence of formed by the pairs such that has one more digit that .
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@article{arxiv.2103.05306,
title = {A problem on concatenated integers},
author = {Josep M. Brunat and Joan-Carles Lario},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.05306},
year = {2021}
}