Concatenate number to get perfect square

If N N is a 1-digit number, the number N N \overline{NN} cannot be a perfect square.

If N N is a 2-digit number, the number N N \overline{NN} cannot be a perfect square.

Is the following statement True or False?

If N N is a n n -digit number with n 3 n\ge 3 , the number N N \overline{NN} cannot be a perfect square?

Explanation: The number N N \overline{NN} is made by concatenating the digits of N N and itself.

For example, if N = 2018 N=2018 then N N = 20182018 \overline{NN}=20182018 .

False True

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1 solution

Naren Bhandari
Mar 19, 2018

A counter example is 13223140496 13223140496 = 3636363636 4 2 \begin{aligned} {\overline{\color{#3D99F6}13223140496 }}{\overline{\color{#D61F06}13223140496}}= 36363636364^{2}\end{aligned} So the statment is false .

What encouraged you to think about this strange number?

Rahul Singh - 3 years, 2 months ago

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