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arxiv: 1605.03756 · v2 · pith:XMWE4W4Rnew · submitted 2016-05-12 · 🧮 math.NT

On X-coordinates of Pell equations which are repdigits

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keywords baseintegerpositivecoordinatespellrepdigitsbounddigits
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Let $b\ge 2$ be a given integer. In this paper, we show that there only finitely many positive integers $d$ which are not squares, such that the Pell equation $X^2-dY^2=1$ has two positive integer solutions $(X,Y)$ with the property that their $X$-coordinates are base $b$-repdigits. Recall that a base $b$-repdigit is a positive integer all whose digits have the same value when written in base $b$. We also give an upper bound on the largest such $d$ in terms of $b$.

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