What is the largest prime factor of the number obtained when a three digit number is concatenated three times?
For example : If the number is , then after concatenation it becomes .
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If A B C = 1 0 0 , then the largest prime divisor of A B C A B C A B C is 3 3 3 6 6 7 . So the answer is at most 3 3 3 6 6 7 . If we try with other numbers, we will experience that 3 3 3 6 6 7 is probaly the answer. So let's prove it!
Let's see A B C A B C A B C in an other way A B C A B C A B C = A B C 0 0 0 0 0 0 + A B C 0 0 0 + A B C = A B C ∗ 1 0 6 + A B C ∗ 1 0 3 + A B C = 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 ∗ A B C Since 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 = 3 ∗ 3 3 3 6 6 7 , where both of 3 and 3 3 3 6 6 7 is prime, A B C A B C A B C is definitely divisible by 3 3 3 6 6 7 .
Therefore the answer is 3 3 3 6 6 7 .