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#math trivia #130 solution

#math trivia for #May9:  #130 can be expressed with two 1s and the rest (if any) all 0s in what bases? Answer.  This is equivalent to asking for which bases b can 130 be expressed as 130 = b^x + b^y for distinct x, y.  Without loss of generality, let y be the smaller of … Continue reading