Thursday, February 27, 2014

What's unique about 1, 81, 1458 and 1729?

They are the only four numbers whose digits when added and multiplied by the reverse of their sum yields the original number.

1:         1 * 1 = 1
81:       8 + 1 = 9 * 9 = 81
1458:   1 + 4 + 5 + 8 = 18 * 81 = 1458
1729:   1 + 7 + 2 + 9 = 19 * 91 = 1729

1 comment:

  1. What about 0?

    Do you have a proof that there are no others?

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