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Structure of associated sets to Midy's Property

Number Theory 2012-02-21 v2

Abstract

Let bb be a positive integer greater than 1, NN a positive integer relatively prime to bb, bN |b|_{N} the order of bb in the multiplicative group % \mathbb{U}_{N} of positive integers less than NN and relatively primes to % N, and xUNx\in\mathbb{U}_{N}. It is well known that when we write the fraction xN\frac{x}{N} in base bb, it is periodic. Let d,kd,\,k be positive integers with % d\geq2 and such that bN=kd|b|_{N}=kd and xN=0.\frac{x}{N}=0.% bar{a_{1}a_{2}...a_{|b|_{N}}} with the bar indicating the period and aia_{i} are digits in base bb. We separate the period a1a2...abN{a_{1}a_{2}... a_{|b|_{N}}} in dd blocks of length kk and let Aj=[a(j1)k+1a(j1)k+2...ajk]b A_{j}=[a_{(j-1)k+1}a_{(j-1)k+2}...a_{jk}]_{b} be the number represented in base bb by the jthj-th block and % S_{d}(x)=\sum\limits_{j=1}^{d}A_{j}. If for all xUNx\in\mathbb{U}_{N}, the sum Sd(x)S_{d}(x) is a multiple of bk1b^{k}-1 we say that NN has the Midy's property for bb and dd. In this work we present some interesting properties of the set of positive integers dd such that NN has the Midy's property for bb and dd.

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@article{arxiv.1110.3308,
  title  = {Structure of associated sets to Midy's Property},
  author = {John H. Castillo and Gilberto García-Pulgarín and Juan Miguel Velásquez-Soto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.3308},
  year   = {2012}
}

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9 pages, final version, corrected typos, accepted for publication in the journal Matem\'aticas: Ense\~nanza Universitaria http://revistaerm.univalle.edu.co/