Problem:
We say that a natural number is balanced if it is written with as many digits as it has distinct prime divisors (for example, is balanced, while is not).
Prove that there are only finitely many balanced numbers.
Problem:
We say that a natural number is balanced if it is written with as many digits as it has distinct prime divisors (for example, is balanced, while is not).
Prove that there are only finitely many balanced numbers.
Solution:
There are no balanced numbers with digits if . Indeed, such a number would be the product of primes, at least half of which are greater than . Hence the number would be greater than , which is absurd. In fact the largest balanced number has exactly ten digits, since , while .