The Exceptional Selfcondensability of Powers of Five

2019/10/28 by O. M. Cain, Cain, O. M.
Computer Science · Engineering · Mathematics · #Advanced Algebra and Logic #Arithmetic #Decimal #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO) #Law #Mathematics #Mathematics and Applications #Physics #Political science #Power (physics) #Representation (politics) #graph theory and CDMA systems #math.HO

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1910.13829

15 pages

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Abstract

We show any power of five may be expressed arithmetically with the digits of its decimal representation. We also show powers of five (in decimal) contain any amount of zeros in a row.

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