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On Sierpi\'nski and Riesel Repdigits and Repintegers

Number Theory 2026-01-12 v2

Abstract

For positive integers b2b\geq 2, k<bk<b, and tt, we say that an integer kb(t)k_b^{(t)} is a bb-repdigit if kb(t)k_b^{(t)} can be expressed as the digit kk repeated tt times in base-bb representation, i.e., kb(t)=k(bt1)/(b1)k_b^{(t)} =k(b^t-1)/(b-1). In the case of k=1k=1, we say that 1b(t)1_b^{(t)} is a bb-repunit. In this article, we investigate the existsence of bb-repdigits and bb-repunits among the sets of Sierpi\'nski numbers and Riesel numbers. A Sierpi\'nski number is defined as an odd integer kk for which k2n+1k\cdot 2^n+1 is composite for all positive integers nn and Riesel numbers are similarly defined for the expression k2n1k\cdot 2^n-1.

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@article{arxiv.2505.00778,
  title  = {On Sierpi\'nski and Riesel Repdigits and Repintegers},
  author = {Chris Bispels and Matthew Cohen and Joshua Harrington and Joshua Lowrance and Kaelyn Pontes and Leif Schaumann and Tony W. H. Wong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.00778},
  year   = {2026}
}