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ITAMO problem 5

Source: ITAMO 2018

May 9, 2018
combinatorics

Problem Statement

5.5.Let x be a real number with 0<x<10<x<1 and let 0.c1c2c3...0.c_1c_2c_3... be the decimal expansion of x.Denote by B(x)B(x) the set of all subsequences of c1c2c3c_1c_2c_3 that consist of 6 consecutive digits. For instance , B(122)=045454,454545,545454B(\frac{1}{22})={045454,454545,545454} Find the minimum number of elements of B(x)B(x) as xx varies among all irrational numbers with 0<x<10<x<1