Pandigital Product of Pandigital Pairs in 3 Ways
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Theorem
The pandigital integer $0 \, 429 \, 315 \, 678$ can be expressed as the product of a pandigital doubleton in $3$ different ways:
\(\ds 0 \, 429 \, 315 \, 678\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 04 \, 926 \times 87 \, 153\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 07 \, 923 \times 54 \, 186\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 15 \, 846 \times 27 \, 093\) |
Proof
We have that:
- $0 \, 429 \, 315 \, 678 = 2 \times 3^2 \times 11 \times 19 \times 139 \times 821$
Then:
\(\ds 04 \, 926 \times 87 \, 153\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \paren {2 \times 3 \times 821} \times \paren {3 \times 11 \times 19 \times 139}\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds 07 \, 923 \times 54 \, 186\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \paren {3 \times 19 \times 139} \times \paren {2 \times 3 \times 11 \times 821}\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds 15 \, 846 \times 27 \, 093\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \paren {2 \times 3 \times 19 \times 139} \times \paren {3 \times 11 \times 821}\) |
$\blacksquare$
Sources
- 1973: André Gouffé: Products Using All Ten Digits in the Denary System (J. Recr. Math. Vol. 6, no. 1)
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $0,429,315,678$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $0,429,315,678$