Prove that for each natural number $m$, there is a natural number $N$ such that for each $b$ that $2\leq b\leq1389$ sum of digits of $N$ in base $b$ is larger than $m$.
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10.05.2010 15:37
Any multiple of $(2{2m}-1)(3^{2m}-1)...(b^{2m}-1)$ will do. One has to use a generalization of the classical fact that a multiple of $10^n-1$ has sum of digits at least $n$. This generalization is already on some shortlist, as far as I remember.
10.05.2010 16:03
this is just an application of this famous question : if $b \ge 2$ and $b^n-1 | a$ then there exist at least $n$ non-zero digits in the representation of $a$ in base $b$. now we have just to choose some numbers $k_2,...,k_{1389}$ such that $(2^m-1)k_2=(3^m-1)k_3=(4^m-1)k_4=...=(1389^m-1)k_{1389}$
10.05.2010 17:17
For any $n$, we define: $m_i=[log_{i}{n}+1]$. A number positive integer $k\leq n$ has from: $a_0+a_1i+...+a_{m_i}i^{m_i}$. $0\leq a_j\leq i-1$, $j=0,1,...,m_i$. Sum of digits of $k$ in base $i$ is $\leq m$: $\Leftrightarrow a_0+a_1+...+a_{m_i}\leq m$. We have $\binom{m+m_i+1}{m}$ $(m_i+1)$-tuple $(a_0,a_1,...,a_{m_i})\geq 0$ such that: $a_0+a_1+...+a_{m_i}\leq m$. So number positive integer $k\leq n$ sum of digits of $k$ in base $i$ is $\leq m$: $\leq \binom{m+m_i+1}{m}$. Thus number positive integer $k\leq n$ sum of digits of $k$ in base $i$ is larger than $m$: (for any $i=2,3,...,1389$) $\geq n-\sum_{i=2}^{1389}{\binom{m+m_i+1}{m}}=\sum_{i=2}^{1389}{(\frac{n}{1388}-\binom{m+m_i+1}{m})}\geq$ $\sum_{i=2}^{1389}{(\frac{i^{m_i-1}}{1388}-\binom{m+m_i+1}{m})}$. But for any $i=2,3,...,1389$ then $lim_{m_i\rightarrow +\infty}{(\frac{i^{m_i-1}}{1388}-\binom{m+m_i+1}{m})}=+\infty$. So there exits $n$ such that $\sum_{i=2}^{1389}{(\frac{i^{m_i-1}}{1388}-\binom{m+m_i+1}{m})}\geq 1$.
22.12.2011 10:41
01.03.2012 20:02
$N=((1389!)^m)-1$ provides condition. Done
22.01.2015 15:30
Sorry for bumping up this topic
04.06.2018 11:10
Please check my solution (most probably similar to post #4)
26.09.2019 21:43
Here is a simpler counting argument.First note that a number in base $b$ has more than $m$ digits if it cannot be represented as sum of at most $m$ powers of $b$ let us count that numbers until some $n$ there are at most $\lfloor \log _b \rfloor ^m m \le \lfloor \log _2 \rfloor ^m m$ of them.Now letting $\log_2 n=\alpha$ The number of numbers that can be written in that form is a polynomial in $\alpha$ but the total numbers are expononetals in $\alpha$ so in fact such numbers have density zero.So there are infinity many numbers in that form.
26.09.2019 22:34
Kayak wrote: Please check my solution (most probably similar to post #4)
This solution is calculus based. Any non-calculus solutions?