Repdigits as products of two Fibonacci or Lucas numbers (Q2309759)
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Repdigits as products of two Fibonacci or Lucas numbers (English)
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1 April 2020
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Let \( (F_n)_{n\ge 0} \) and \( (L_n)_{n\ge 0} \) be the sequences of Fibonacci and Lucas numbers given by \( F_0=0, ~ F_1=1, ~ L_0=2, ~L_1=1 \), \( F_{n+2}=F_{n+1}+F_n \), and \( L_{n+2}=L_{n+1}+L_n \) for all \( n\ge 0 \), respectively. A repdigit is a positive integer \( N \) that has only one distinct digit when written in its decimal expansion. That is, \( N \) is of the form \begin{align*} N=\underbrace{d\cdots d}_{k \text{ times}}=d\left(\dfrac{10^{k}-1}{9}\right), \end{align*} for some positive integers \( d \) and \( k \) with \( 1\le d\le 9 \) and \( k\ge 1 \). In the paper under review, the authors study the Diophantine equations \begin{align*} F_mF_n=d\left(\dfrac{10^{k}-1}{9}\right) \quad \text{and} \quad L_mL_n=d\left(\dfrac{10^{k}-1}{9}\right), \end{align*} where \(m, n, d ,\) and \( k \) are non-negative integers with \( 1\le d\le 9 \). They prove the following results. Theorem 1. Let \( 2\le m\le n \). A product of the form \( F_mF_n \) represents a repdigit if and only if \( (m,n) \) belongs to the set \begin{align*} \left\{ (2,2), (2, 3), (3,3), (2, 4), (3, 4), (4,4), (2,5), (2,6), (2, 10)\right\}. \end{align*} Theorem 2. Let \( 0\le m\le n \). A product of the form \( L_mL_n \) represents a repdigit if and only if \( (m,n) \) belongs to the set \begin{align*} \left\{ (0,0), (0,1), (1,1), (0,2), (1,2), (2,2), (0, 3),(1, 3), (0,5), (1, 4), (1,5), (2,5), (3,5), (4, 5)\right\}. \end{align*} To prove Theorem 1 and Theorem 2, the authors use the elementary properties of the Fibonacci and Lucas sequences, the Baker's theory for linear forms in logarithms of algebraic numbers, and the Baker-Davenport reduction procedure. Computations are done with help of a computer program in Mathematica.
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Fibonacci number
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Lucas number
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repdigit
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Diophantine equations
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linear forms in logarithms
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