Repdigits as sums of three balancing numbers

06 April 2020, Version 1
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Abstract

Let $ \{B_{n}\}_{n\geq 0} $ be the sequence of Balancing numbers defined by $ B_0=0 $, $ B_1 =1$, and $ B_{n+2}= 6B_{n+1} -B_n$ for all $ n\geq 0 $. In this paper, we find all repdigits in base $ 10 $ which can be written as a sum of three Balancing numbers.

Keywords

Balancing number
Repdigit
Linear form in logarithms
Baker's method

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