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Stupid number trick III (Posted on 2006-01-11) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Pick any whole number greater than 1.

1. Write down all of its proper divisors (including 1 and the number itself)
2. Add the digits of these divisors.
3. Use this sum to repeat steps 1 and 2 until your number does not change.

Must the process terminate?
At what number(s) can the process terminate at?
What numbers <1000 take the most steps to terminate?

See The Solution Submitted by Jer    
Rating: 4.0000 (3 votes)

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re: Fractals & a hard extension | Comment 7 of 11 |
(In reply to Fractals & a hard extension by Jer)

Are you suggesting there's a way other than just pointing the computer in the right direction and letting it run?

I ran numbers up to 10000, I think, and the longest chain was still 21.


  Posted by Bob Smith on 2006-01-11 15:55:11
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