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A072719
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Numbers n such that 17 applications of 'Reverse and Subtract' lead to n, whereas fewer than 17 applications do not lead to n.
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18
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1186781188132188, 1464465185355348, 2178772178212278, 2191191178088088, 2196702178032978, 2202202177977978, 2334334176656658, 3041250269587497, 4361064356389356, 4906609350933906, 6232232537677674, 6543356534566434
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OFFSET
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1,1
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COMMENTS
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There are 17 sixteen-digit terms in the sequence. Further terms are obtained (a) by inserting at the center of these terms any number of 9's and (b) by concatenating a term any number of times with itself and inserting an equal number of 0's at all junctures. Method (b) may be applied recursively to all terms. - Revised thanks to a comment from Hans Havermann, Jan 27 2004.
This is a working sequence. It is neither by computation nor by proof guaranteed that there are no smaller or interleaved terms.
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FORMULA
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n = f^17(n), n <> f^k(n) for k < 17, where f: x -> |x - reverse(x)|.
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EXAMPLE
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1186781188132188 -> 7625537623744623 -> 4361064356389356 -> 2178772178212278 -> 6543356534566434 -> 2196702178032978 -> 6595606534043934 -> 2202202177977978 -> 6595595534044044 -> 2191191178088088 -> 6617617533823824 -> 2334334176656658 -> 6232232537677674 -> 1464465185355348 -> 6971070630289293 -> 3041250269587497 -> 4906609350933906 -> 1186781188132188.
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KEYWORD
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base,nonn
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STATUS
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approved
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