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kaprekar number

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kaprekar num-ber
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A non-negative integer, the representation of whose square in its base can be split into two parts that add up to itself (such as 297, whose square, 88209, can be split into 88 and 209, totalling 297).

Etymology

After the Indian mathematician Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar (1905-1986).

Inflected Forms

Kaprekar numbers (plural)

Questions

What does kaprekar number mean?
A non-negative integer, the representation of whose square in its base can be split into two parts that add up to itself (such as 297, whose square, 88209, can be split into 88 and 209, totalling 297).
Where does kaprekar number come from?
After the Indian mathematician Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar (1905-1986).

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