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The palindrome problem in base 2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Glyn Johns
Affiliation:
10 Pine Court, Forest Hills, Talbot Green, Mid Glamorgan
James Wiegold
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff CF4 2YH

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Take any positive integer written in the usual base 10 notation, reverse the digits and add to the original number. If the result is a palindrome, stop. If not, continue. Will a palindrome always occur at some point? Let us do a fe examples to see the sort of thing that happens.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1994

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