It's known that the sum above converges to a repeating decimal. Calculate the number of digits of the smaller period of it.
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a 1 = 0 . 1
a 2 = 0 . 0 1
a 3 = a 2 / 1 0 + a 1 / 1 0 0
a 4 = a 3 / 1 0 + a 2 / 1 0 0 . . . a n = a n − 1 / 1 0 + a n − 2 / 1 0 0
. . . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
i = 1 ∑ ∞ a i = S = 1 0 S + 1 0 0 S + 1 0 9 a 1 + a 2 ⟹ S = 1 0 / 8 9
We want to tranformate the fraction 8 9 1 0 in one of the type 9 9 . . . 9 9 9 1 0 y .
The smaller number that satisfy 8 9 × y = 9 9 9 . . . 9 9 will be 1 / 1 0 of the number that represents the period.
y = ( 1 0 x − 1 ) / 8 9 ) such that 1 0 y will have x algarisms.
By Euler's Theorem:
1 0 8 8 ≡ 1 ( m o d 8 9 ) ⟹ 1 0 8 8 / n ≡ 1 ( m o d 8 9 )
8 8 / n = x ⟹ x ∈ D ( 8 8 ) = { 1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 1 1 , 2 2 , 4 4 , 8 8 }
Testing:
1 0 1 ≡ 1 0 ( m o d 8 9 )
1 0 2 ≡ 1 1 ( m o d 8 9 )
1 0 4 ≡ 3 2 ( m o d 8 9 )
1 0 8 ≡ 4 5 ( m o d 8 9 )
1 0 1 1 ≡ 5 5 ( m o d 8 9 )
1 0 2 2 ≡ ( − 1 ) ( m o d 8 9 )
1 0 4 4 ≡ 1 ( m o d 8 9 )
x = 4 4