Adjacent-Digit Distinct Squares from Repeated 27 and 72 Blocks
OEIS A135140 consists of the nonnegative integers \(n\) for which both \(n\) and \(n^2\) have no pair of equal adjacent decimal digits. We study two natural repeated-block families: \(X_m\), obtained by repeating the block \(27\) exactly \(m\) times, and \(Y_m\), obtained by repeating the block \(72\) exactly \(m\) times. Using base-\(100\) carry recurrences and the fact that \(100\) has multiplicative order \(11\) modulo \(121\), we prove the exact classifications \[X_m^2 \text{ is adjacent-digit distinct}\iff m\not\equiv 3\pmod{11},\] and \[Y_m^2 \text{ is adjacent-digit distinct}\iff m\not\equiv 2,6,7\pmod{11}.\] Since the roots \(X_m\) and \(Y_m\) themselves have alternating digits, these classifications give explicit infinite subfamilies of A135140 and in particular prove that A135140 is infinite. Exact integer computations through \(m=1000\) are included only as an independent consistency check and are not used in the proof.
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
- 2026-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23224632
- Primary Topic
- Analytic Number Theory Research
- Type
- preprint