I think our large number is divisible by 81.
Consider the fractions you get from 1/3^n
Start with 1/27: 0.037037037037037... it has period 3
Take a number of iterations of 037, say 5 iterations.
037037037037037 which is 15 digits
Drop the leading zero and multiply by 9 (one less power of 3 than our fraction).
Result: 333333333333333 which is 15 digits
This should work for any length which is a multiple of 3. They should all be divisible by 9.
What about 1/81: .0123456790123456789 etc period 10
but multiplying this by 27 yields strings of 17 3s followed by 1 zero.
What about 1/243: (thanks to full precision calculator)
0.004115226337448559670781893
004115226337448559670781893
etc with period 27
4115226337448559670781893*81 =
333333333333333333333333333 (27 digits)
But if you do multiple copies of the 27 digits, 004115226337448559670781893, delete the 2 leading zeros and multiply by 81 you get a string of 3s of length 27k where k is the number of copies.
So for any length of 3s that is a multiple of 27, it should be divisible by 81.
Is 3^2013 a multiple of 27?
Yes 3^2013 = 27 * 3^2010
So I believe a string of 3^2013 3s should be divisible by 3^4
This procedure might be continued, but I cannot explain why it worked for 1/27 and 1/243 but not 1/81.
Maybe it works on every other power. Maybe it only works if the repeating decimal has a period which is a multiple of 3. ??
More testing needed.
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Posted by Larry
on 2025-05-17 14:10:02 |