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On $X$-coordinates of Pell equations which are repdigits

Number Theory 2017-10-31 v2

Abstract

Let b2b\ge 2 be a given integer. In this paper, we show that there only finitely many positive integers dd which are not squares, such that the Pell equation X2dY2=1X^2-dY^2=1 has two positive integer solutions (X,Y)(X,Y) with the property that their XX-coordinates are base bb-repdigits. Recall that a base bb-repdigit is a positive integer all whose digits have the same value when written in base bb. We also give an upper bound on the largest such dd in terms of bb.

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@article{arxiv.1605.03756,
  title  = {On $X$-coordinates of Pell equations which are repdigits},
  author = {Bernadette Faye and Florian Luca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.03756},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

To appear in The Fibonacci Quarterly Journal

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