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Congruence speed of tetration bases ending with $0$

Number Theory 2024-02-14 v1

Abstract

For every non-negative integer aa and positive integer bb, the congruence speed of the tetration ba^{b}a is the difference between the number of the rightmost digits of ba^{b}a that are the same as those of b+1a^{b+1}a and the number of the rightmost digits of b1a^{b-1}a that are the same as those of ba^{b}a. In the decimal numeral system, if the given base aa is not a multiple of 1010, as b:=b(a)b:=b(a) becomes sufficiently large, we know that the value of the congruence speed does not depend on bb anymore, otherwise the number of the new rightmost zeros of ba^{b}a drastically increases for any unit increment of bb and, for this reason, we have not previously described the congruence speed of aa when it is a multiple of 1010. This short note fills the gap by giving the formula for the congruence speed of the mentioned values of aa at any given height of the hyperexponent.

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@article{arxiv.2402.07929,
  title  = {Congruence speed of tetration bases ending with $0$},
  author = {Marco Ripà},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.07929},
  year   = {2024}
}

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