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(1)
Product of digits NT
Source: BMO Shortlist 2022, N3
5/13/2023
For every natural number
x
x{}
x
, let
P
(
x
)
P(x)
P
(
x
)
be the product of the digits of the number
x
x{}
x
. Is there a natural number
n
n{}
n
such that the numbers
P
(
n
)
P(n)
P
(
n
)
and
P
(
n
2
)
P(n^2)
P
(
n
2
)
are non-zero squares of natural numbers, where the number of digits of the number
n
n{}
n
is equal to (a) 2021 and (b) 2022?
number theory