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Evil numbers!!!
6174...
Spoiler below, because I don't think anyone will get it.
[spoiler]The Indian number theorist, DJ Kaprekar, discovered this interesting property of 4-digit integers: Take a four-digit number. Arrange the digits in ascending order and descending order. Subtract the smaller from the larger. Repeat the same process with the answer. Astonishingly, four-digit numbers eventually reach the four-digit number 6174. This number is called Kaprekar’s Constant.
For Example, take the number 4527:
7542 — 2457 = 5085
8550 — 0558 = 7992
9972 — 2799 = 7173
6543 — 3456 = 3087
8703 — 0378 = 8352
8532 — 2358 = 6174[/spoiler]
6174...
Spoiler below, because I don't think anyone will get it.
[spoiler]The Indian number theorist, DJ Kaprekar, discovered this interesting property of 4-digit integers: Take a four-digit number. Arrange the digits in ascending order and descending order. Subtract the smaller from the larger. Repeat the same process with the answer. Astonishingly, four-digit numbers eventually reach the four-digit number 6174. This number is called Kaprekar’s Constant.
For Example, take the number 4527:
7542 — 2457 = 5085
8550 — 0558 = 7992
9972 — 2799 = 7173
6543 — 3456 = 3087
8703 — 0378 = 8352
8532 — 2358 = 6174[/spoiler]
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That Kaprekar's Constant thingy... fascinating.
Anyway, what to make of 1999? Did something of interest happen back then?
Hmm... nope. Let's just say that it's the amount of awake brain cells inmy head right now
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Anyway, what to make of 1999? Did something of interest happen back then?
Hmm... nope. Let's just say that it's the amount of awake brain cells inmy head right now
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Btw, If you're wondering about FoxOfWar, think about Real-Time Strategy Games and certain aspect profilic in all of them... lurking about in the shadows, kind of like me...
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