Asymptotic formula for suffix-restricted squares in base 10

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For a base B≥2B\ge 2 and a digit set D⊆{0,1,…,B−1}D\subseteq\{0,1,\dots,B-1\} with ∣D∣≥2|D|\ge 2, let ωBD(n)\omega_B^D(n) denote the number of nn-digit suffixes in base BB from DD that occur as the suffix of a square. Suffix-count conjecture. For all n≥3n\ge 3,

ω10{7,8,9}(n)=8⋅3n−3.\omega_{10}^{\{7,8,9\}}(n)=8\cdot 3^{n-3}.

This is a computer-supported conjectural pattern for the specified suffix digits; the source gives no proof or resolution.

References

Primary source

Michael Geißer, Theresa Körner, Sascha Kurz and Anne Zahn, “Squares with three digits”, arXiv:2112.00444 (2022).

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