2 0 1 8 1 1 . . . . 1 1 2 0 1 7 5 5 . . . . 5 5 6 is a perfect square.
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I'm afraid you wrote 1 + 9.111111 (2018) times wrong. It should be 2017 (Correct me if I'm wrong)
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1 0 2 = 1 + 9 ⋅ 1 1 , 1 0 3 = 1 + 9 ⋅ 1 1 1 , 1 0 6 = 1 + 9 ⋅ 1 1 1 1 , 1 0 1 5 = 1 + 9 ⋅ 1 5 times 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 0 2 0 1 8 = 1 + 9 ⋅ 2 0 1 8 times 1 1 1 … 1 1 1 .
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Yes : ⎝ ⎛ 2 0 1 7 3 3 … 3 3 4 ⎠ ⎞ 2 = 2 0 1 8 1 1 … 1 1 2 0 1 7 5 5 … 5 5 6 .
A useful fact is: n 1 1 … 1 1 = i = 0 ∑ n − 1 1 0 i = 9 1 0 n − 1 .
The given number may be written as 4 0 3 6 1 1 … 1 1 + 4 ⋅ 2 0 1 8 1 1 … 1 1 + 1 = 9 1 0 4 0 3 6 − 1 + 4 ⋅ 9 1 0 2 0 1 8 − 1 + 1 = 9 1 0 4 0 3 6 + 9 4 ⋅ 1 0 2 0 1 8 + 9 4 = ( 3 1 0 2 0 1 8 + 3 2 ) 2 = ⎝ ⎜ ⎜ ⎛ 3 1 + 9 ⋅ 1 1 … 1 1 2 0 1 8 + 3 2 ⎠ ⎟ ⎟ ⎞ 2 = ( 1 + 2 0 1 8 3 3 … 3 3 ) 2 = ( 2 0 1 7 3 3 … 3 3 4 ) 2 .
Another approach, less thorough but more intuitive, is to observe: 3 4 2 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 2 = 1 1 5 6 = 1 1 1 5 5 6 = 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 = 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 6 ⋮ After going through a handful of examples, most people are willing to believe the pattern continues indefinitely!
We can prove by induction that it continues indeed. If n 3 3 … 3 3 4 2 = n + 1 1 1 … 1 1 n 5 5 … 5 5 6 , then n + 1 3 3 … 3 3 4 2 = ( 3 ⋅ 1 0 n + 1 + n 3 3 … 3 3 4 ) 2 = ( 3 ⋅ 1 0 n + 1 ) 2 + 2 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 1 0 n + 1 ⋅ n 3 3 … 3 3 4 + ( n 3 3 … 3 3 4 ) 2 = 9 ⋅ 1 0 2 n + 2 + 6 ⋅ n 3 3 … 3 3 4 ⋅ 1 0 n + 1 + n + 1 1 1 … 1 1 n 5 5 … 5 5 6 = 9 2 n + 2 0 0 … 0 0 + 2 n 0 0 … 0 0 4 n + 1 0 0 … 0 0 + n + 1 1 1 … 1 1 n 5 5 … 5 5 6 = 1 1 n 1 1 … 1 1 5 n 5 5 … 5 5 6 = n + 2 1 1 … 1 1 5 n + 1 5 5 … 5 5 6 .