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From Jinyuan Wang, Aug 06 2019: (Start)
Define j by 10^j < k < 10^(j+1). Let m denote the reversal of k_10.
Then 10^(j/(j+1)) < b < 10^((j+1)/j). Proof: for any j > 0, (10^(j+1) in base b) > m > 10^j = (b^j in base b) and (10^j in base b) < m < 10^(j+1) = (b^(j+1) in base b), therefore 10^(j+1) > b^j and 10^j < b^(j+1).
k in base 10 is reversed in base 82 iff k = 91. Otherwise, k in base 10 is reversed in another base less than 82. Because for k > 100, j >= 2 so that b < 10^(3/2) < 32; for k < 100, 82 is the largest b.
For j >= 25, 10^(25/26) < b < 10^(26/25), but b can't be 10. Therefore the largest term is less than 10^25. (End)
PROG
(PARI) is(k) = {r = digits(eval(concat(Vecrev(Str(k))))); sum(j = 2, 9, digits(k, j) == r) + sum(j = 11, 82, digits(k, j) == r) > 0 && k%10 > 0; } \\ Jinyuan Wang, Aug 05 2019
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KEYWORD
base,nice,nonn,fini
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More terms from Jinyuan Wang, Aug 05 2019
Further terms from Giovanni Resta, Aug 06 2019
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approved