repdigit

rep·di·git
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US, UK/ˈɹɛpˌdɪd͡ʒɪt/

noun

A number composed only of one or more occurrences of one specific digit and no other digit.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounrepdigit (plural repdigits)

plural repdigits

  1. recreational mathematicsA number composed only of one or more occurrences of one specific digit and no other digit.

    Repdigit Triangular Numbers [article title]

    1975, David W. Ballew, Ronald C. Weger, “Repdigit Triangular Numbers”, in Journal of Recreational Mathematics, volume 8, number 2, Farmingdale, N.Y.: Baywood Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 96–98
    3 more examples

    Is there any system of notation in which there is a repdigit aa such that (aa)²#61;ccdd, with c#61;a-1 and d#61;c-1?

    1980 January, Murray S[eymour] Klamkin, quoting Charles W. Trigg, “The Olympiad Corner: 11”, in Crux Mathematicorum, volume 6, number 1, Ottawa, Ont.: Canadian Mathematical Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16

    Here is another palindromic magic square that has the added property of having main diagonals containing eight repeating "repdigits": 222, 333, 444, 555, 666, 777, 888, and 999. The magic sum is 2442.

    2002, Clifford A[lan] Pickover, “Gallery I: Squares, Cubes, and Tesseracts”, in The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars: An Exhibition of Surprising Structures across Dimensions, Princeton, N.J.; Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 284

    A positive with repeated digit is called a repdigit, for example 222, 55555, and all repunits are repdigits.

    2005, James J[oseph] Tattersall, “Modular Arithmetic”, in Elementary Number Theory in Nine Chapters, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, section 5.6 (Supplementary Exercises), paragraph 14, page 193

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian репдиджит
  • репдиджит (repdidžit)number composed of one digit
Chinese Mandarin 純位數 /纯位数
  • 純位數 /纯位数 (chúnwèishù)number composed of one digit
Esperanto repdigito
  • repdigitonumber composed of one digit
French nombre uniforme
  • nombre uniformenumber composed of one digit
German Schnapszahl
  • Schnapszahlnumber composed of one digit
Italian numero a cifra ripetuta
  • numero a cifra ripetutanumber composed of one digit
Japanese ぞろ目
  • ぞろ目number composed of one digit
Korean 렙디지트
  • 렙디지트 (repdijiteu)number composed of one digit
Polish repdigit
  • repdigitnumber composed of one digit
Russian репди́гиты
  • репди́гиты (repdígity)number composed of one digit
Tamil ஒற்றெண்
  • ஒற்றெண் (oṟṟeṇ)number composed of one digit
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APA

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