MathDB

I am not a spammer, at least, this is the way I use to think about myself, and thus I will not open a new thread for the following problem from today's DeMO exam: Let Q(n) denote the sum of the digits of a positive integer n. Prove that

Q\left(Q\left(Q\left(2005^{2005}\right)\right)\right)=7

. [EDIT: Since this post was split into a new thread, I comment: The problem is completely analogous to the problem posted at http://www.mathlinks.ro/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=31409 , with the only difference that you have to consider the number

2005^{2005}

instead of

4444^{4444}

.] Darij

Problem Statement