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ComplexNumber AIME
1989


Problem - 2124
Given a positive integer n, it can be shown that every complex number of the form r+si, where r and s are integers, can be uniquely expressed in the base n+i using the integers 1,2,,n2 as digits. That is, the equation r+si=am(n+i)m+am1(n+i)m1++a1(n+i)+a0 is true for a unique choice of non-negative integer m and digits a0,a1,,am chosen from the set {0,1,2,,n2}, with ame0. We write r+si=(amam1a1a0)n+i to denote the base n+i expansion of r+si. There are only finitely many integers k+0i that have four-digit expansions k=(a3a2a1a0)3+i     a3e0. Find the sum of all such k.

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