When Fibonacci meets Euler

S = 0.1 + 0.01 + 0.002 + 0.0003 + 0.00005 + 0.000008 + 0.00000013 + S = 0.1 + 0.01 + 0.002 + 0.0003 + 0.00005 + 0.000008 + 0.00000013 +\cdots

It's known that the sum above converges to a repeating decimal. Calculate the number of digits of the smaller period of it.


The answer is 44.

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1 solution

Daniel Frageri
Apr 28, 2016

a 1 = 0.1 a_{ 1 }= 0.1

a 2 = 0.01 a_{ 2 }= 0.01

a 3 = a 2 / 10 + a 1 / 100 a_{ 3 }= a_{ 2 }/10 + a_{ 1 }/100

a 4 = a 3 / 10 + a 2 / 100 . . . a n = a n 1 / 10 + a n 2 / 100 a_{ 4 }= a_{ 3 }/10 + a_{ 2 }/100 \\ .\\ .\\ .\\ a_{ n }= a_{ n-1 }/10 + a_{ n-2 }/100

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i = 1 a i = S = S 10 + S 100 + 9 a 1 10 + a 2 S = 10 / 89 \displaystyle \sum _{ i=1 }^{ \infty }{ a_{ i } } = S= \frac{S}{10} + \frac{S}{100} + \frac{ 9a_{ 1 }}{10} +a_{ 2 } \implies S = 10/89

We want to tranformate the fraction 10 89 \frac { 10 }{ 89 } in one of the type 10 y 99...999 \frac { 10y }{ 99...999 } .

The smaller number that satisfy 89 × y = 999...99 89 \times y = 999...99 will be 1 / 10 1/10 of the number that represents the period.

y = ( 10 x 1 ) / 89 ) y = ({10 }^{ x }-1)/89 ) such that 10 y 10y will have x x algarisms.

By Euler's Theorem:

10 88 1 ( m o d 89 ) 10 88 / n 1 ( m o d 89 ) { 10 }^{ 88 } \equiv 1 \pmod{89} \implies { 10 }^{ 88/n }\equiv 1 \pmod{89}

88 / n = x x D ( 88 ) = { 1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 11 , 22 , 44 , 88 } 88/n = x \implies x \in D(88) = \{ 1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88\}

Testing:
10 1 10 ( m o d 89 ) { 10 }^{ 1 } \equiv 10 \pmod{89}
10 2 11 ( m o d 89 ) { 10 }^{ 2 } \equiv 11 \pmod{89}
10 4 32 ( m o d 89 ) { 10 }^{ 4 } \equiv 32 \pmod{89}
10 8 45 ( m o d 89 ) { 10 }^{ 8 }\equiv 45 \pmod{89}
10 11 55 ( m o d 89 ) { 10 }^{ 11 } \equiv 55 \pmod{89}
10 22 ( 1 ) ( m o d 89 ) { 10 }^{ 22 } \equiv (-1) \pmod{89}
10 44 1 ( m o d 89 ) { 10 }^{ 44 }\equiv 1 \pmod{89}


x = 44 \boxed{x=44}

Hi Daniel, this is a great problem. You have explained how to get the value of S S and also how to find its period.

I would suggest that you use Latex only for the math formulae. It makes the solution easier to read and also easier to type. I have edited your solution accordingly; you can press the edit button at the end of the solution to see how I did it.

Pranshu Gaba - 5 years, 1 month ago

I'm afraid, Sir, that the series in your solution does not match the one given in your problem.

James Wilson - 3 years, 5 months ago

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