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Curious Properties of Iterative Sequences

2023/08/13 by Shoei Takahashi, Unchone Lee, Takahashi, Shoei +11
Business, Management and Accounting · #FOS: Mathematics #General Mathematics (math.GM) #Varied Academic Research Topics

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2308.06691

openalex publication_date 2023/08/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

In this study, several interesting iterative sequences were investigated. First, we define the iterative sequences. We fix function f(n). An iterative sequence starts with a natural number n, and calculates the sequence f(n),f(f(n)), ...f(f(f(f(n)))),... We then search for interesting features in this sequence. We study Kaprekar's routine, the digit factorial process, and the digit power process. The authors presented new variants of Kaprekar's routine.

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