Ones Then Twos

Problem

Consider the sequence

12,\quad 1122,\quad 111222,\quad \dots,\quad \underbrace{11\cdots1}_{n}\underbrace{22\cdots2}_{n},\quad \dots

Is every term the product of two consecutive positive integers?

Answer

Solution

Difficulty	4/10
Topics	number theory

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