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PELL AND PELL-LUCAS NUMBERS WHICH ARE CONCATENATIONS OF TWO REPDIGITS

  • Received : 2022.02.06
  • Accepted : 2023.06.03
  • Published : 2023.12.20
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Abstract

In this study, we search for Pell and Pell-Lucas numbers, which are concatenations of two repdigits and find these numbers to be only 12, 29, 70 and 14, 34, 82, respectively. We use Baker's Theory and Baker-Davenport basis reduction method while finding the solutions.

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