On digit sums of multiples of an integer
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Authors
Dartyge, Cécile
Luca, Florian|Stănică, Pantelimon
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Sum of digits
Carmichael lambda function
Sturdy numbers
Carmichael lambda function
Sturdy numbers
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2009
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2009
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Elsevier
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Abstract
Let g >1 be an integer and sg(m) be the sum of digits in base g of the positive integer m. In this paper, we study the positive integers n such that sg(n) and sg(kn) satisfy certain relations for a fixed, or arbitrary positive integer k. In the first part of the paper, we prove that if n is not a power of g, then there exists a nontrivial multiple of n say kn such that sg (n) = sg (kn). In the second part of the paper, we show that for any K > 0 the set of the integers n satisfying s g (n) K s g (kn) for all k ∈ N is of asymptotic density 0. This gives an affirmative answer to a question of W.M. Schmidt.
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The article of record as published may be found at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnt.2009.04.003
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Applied Mathematics (MA)
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The third author was supported by a RIP grant from NPS
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11 p.
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Dartyge, Cécile, Florian Luca, and Pantelimon Stănică. "On digit sums of multiples of an integer." Journal of Number Theory 129.11 (2009): 2820-2830.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.