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Fibonacci and Lucas numbers as products of three repdgits in base g.

Authors :
Adédji, Kouèssi Norbert
Filipin, Alan
Togbé, Alain
Source :
Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo (Series 2); Dec2023, Vol. 72 Issue 8, p4003-4021, 19p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Recall that a repdigit in base g is a positive integer that has only one digit in its base g expansion; i.e., a number of the form a (g m - 1) / (g - 1) , for some positive integers m ≥ 1 , g ≥ 2 and 1 ≤ a ≤ g - 1 . In the present study, we investigate all Fibonacci or Lucas numbers which are expressed as products of three repdigits in base g. As illustration, we consider the case g = 10 where we show that the numbers 144 and 18 are the largest Fibonacci and Lucas numbers which can be expressible as products of three repdigits respectively. All this is done using linear forms in logarithms of algebraic numbers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0009725X
Volume :
72
Issue :
8
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo (Series 2)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
173850159
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12215-023-00878-4