info prev up next book cdrom email home

VR Number

A ``visual representation'' number which is a sum of some simple function of its digits. For example,

\begin{displaymath}
1233=12^2+33^2
\end{displaymath}


\begin{displaymath}
2661653=1653^2-266^2
\end{displaymath}


\begin{displaymath}
221859=22^3+18^3+59^3
\end{displaymath}


\begin{displaymath}
40585=4!+0!+5!+8!+5!
\end{displaymath}


\begin{displaymath}
148349=!1+!4+!8+!3+!4+!9
\end{displaymath}


\begin{displaymath}
4913=(4+9+1+3)^3
\end{displaymath}

are all VR numbers given by Madachy (1979).


References

Madachy, J. S. Madachy's Mathematical Recreations. New York: Dover, pp. 165-171, 1979.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26