Prove that for every natural number , there exists a natural number such that for every natural number that , the sum of digits of in base , is more than .
Iranian Mathematical Olympiad
Solution
We claim that has the desired properties. Let , we know that there are at least zeros in the rightmost of in base , because is divisible by . Hence, the rightmost digits of is , then sum of the digits of in base is at least which is greater than or equal to .
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