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A082217
Smallest palindrome beginning with n and digit sum n, or 0 if no such number exists.
1
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10801, 11711, 12621, 13531, 14441, 15351, 16261, 17171, 1881, 0, 208802, 2139312, 227722, 2329232, 246642, 2519152, 265562
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
a(19) = 0. This is the only zero in the sequence. Every other integer k > 9 has digit sum <= k/2, so the center can always be filled in to make a palindrome.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A004915 A135385 A087051 * A082935 A077739 A078213
KEYWORD
base,easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy and Meenakshi Shrikant (menakan_s(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 09 2003
STATUS
approved