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Balancing numbers which are concatenation of two repdigits

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In this paper, we show that 35 is the only balancing number which is concatenation of two repdigits.

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The authors want to express their sincere gratitude to the anonymous referee for his valuable comments and suggestions which improved the presentation of the paper to a great extent.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela, Odisha, 769008, India

    Sai Gopal Rayaguru & Gopal Krishna Panda

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Rayaguru, S.G., Panda, G.K. Balancing numbers which are concatenation of two repdigits. Bol. Soc. Mat. Mex. 26, 911–919 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40590-020-00293-0

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