Every positive integer is a sum of three palindromes

2016/02/19 by Cilleruelo, Javier, Luca, Florian, Baxter, Lewis
#Combinatorics (math.CO) #FOS: Mathematics #Number Theory (math.NT)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1602.06208

Abstract

For integer g≥ 5, we prove that any positive integer can be written as a sum of three palindromes in base g.

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