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Are there infinitely many $$n\in\mathbb N$$ such that $3^n$ has all digits non-zero?

Frank
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    No. Of course not. But I cannot prove this (correct) answer. – GEdgar Jul 06 '12 at 20:35
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    Simple heuristic arguments point to "no", but I think this problem is unsolved. See also the "86 conjecture" http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/25660/status-of-a-conjecture-about-powers-of-2 – Cocopuffs Jul 06 '12 at 20:55
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    Hendrik Lenstra says that recreational number theory is "that branch of Number Theory which is too difficult for serious study." I think you have a good example of that here. – MJD Jul 06 '12 at 23:10

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The known powers of 3 with no zeros are tabulated here. There are 22 of them, the largest being $3^{68}$. There is a link there to a page where it is claimed that the search of numbers $3^k$ has gone out to $k=10^8$ without finding any more. So I think GEdgar has it about right in his comment.

Gerry Myerson
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