Explicit Infinite Families of Squares, Cubes, and Fourth Powers with No Equal Adjacent Decimal Digits
We study three fixed-exponent classes separately: squares, corresponding to OEIS A050741/A050749; cubes, corresponding to A050742/A050750; and fourth powers, corresponding to A050743/A050751. For squares, we recast the known construction of Rodrigo (2017), based on the roots \(R_{9t}\). For cubes, the repdigit-cube family \((3R_n)^3\) is already recorded in earlier sources and in OEIS A392833; we prove here that every member of this family has no equal adjacent decimal digits. For fourth powers, we give the family \((3R_{9t})^4\). Writing \(R_n=(10^n-1)/9\) for the decimal repunit, we derive exact decimal block formulas for all three cases by elementary base-\(10^m\) arithmetic with controlled borrowing. Consequently, A050741/A050749, A050742/A050750, and A050743/A050751 each contain an explicit infinite subfamily.
Authors
- Lien-Hung Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4176-1440)
Institutions
- National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-10-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23143042
- Primary Topic
- Analytic Number Theory Research
- Type
- preprint