Properties of 5,559,060,566,555,523
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Theorem
$3^{33} = 5 \, 559 \, 060 \, 566 \, 555 \, 523$ has the following properties:
- It has a remarkably large number of $5$s (half of its digits).
- Multiply it by $2$, $4$ or $6$, and the result has $10$ of a particular digit.
- Multiply it by $8$, and $9$ of the digits of the result are $4$.
Proof
\(\ds 5 \, 559 \, 060 \, 566 \, 555 \, 523 \times 2\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 11 \, 118 \, 121 \, 133 \, 111 \, 046\) | $10$ $1$s | |||||||||||
\(\ds 5 \, 559 \, 060 \, 566 \, 555 \, 523 \times 4\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 22 \, 236 \, 242 \, 266 \, 222 \, 092\) | $10$ $2$s | |||||||||||
\(\ds 5 \, 559 \, 060 \, 566 \, 555 \, 523 \times 6\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 33 \, 354 \, 363 \, 399 \, 333 \, 138\) | $10$ $3$s | |||||||||||
\(\ds 5 \, 559 \, 060 \, 566 \, 555 \, 523 \times 8\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 44 \, 472 \, 484 \, 532 \, 444 \, 184\) | $9$ $4$s |
$\blacksquare$
Historical Note
David Wells reports in his Curious and Interesting Numbers, 2nd ed. of $1997$ that this result is attributed to David Roberts, but no details are given.
Sources
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $5,559,060,566,555,523$