Talk:Self number

Any applications? - Highwind


 * Probably not. But mathematicians and number aficionados are very interested in them just the same. PrimeFan 22:50, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[Comment deleted. I was looking at the (ambiguous) words and not the numbers. Pronoun reference problem fixed.] Major Danby, 18 Aug 2005

Colombian and Columbian numbers
I'm embarrassed about this, but I have to admit it. For the first draft of this article, I wrote "self number or Colombian number," where I should have written "self number or Columbian number." That's the spelling given both by Mathworld and the OEIS. It's an alternate term, but there is still a lot of older literature that uses it, so I apologize for screwing it up. PrimeFan 18:27, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

k
What does the k stand for in the formula? --Shandris 07:11, 16 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I think it's just a convenient running variable. m might be just as suitable. The reason n is not used is that it would lead one to expect that the recurrence relation gives all self numbers, when in fact it just gives an incomplete though infinite list. PrimeFan 15:57, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

"Other number"
Is there a technical term? ie, "The -blah- of 30 in base ten is 24 because 24+2+4=30.". Also, why aren't all single-digit numbers self-numbers? ✍ (talk) 17:40, 1 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't know a term for the other number(s). There may be more than one, for example for 101 = 91+9+1 = 100+1+0+0. Even single-digit numbers d > 0 cannot be self numbers, because d/2 can be used as the other number: d/2+d/2 = d. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:08, 1 June 2009 (UTC)


 * According to Trotter - Charlene numbers, Kaprekar who first described the self number called such an other number a generator, so "A generator of 30 in base ten is 24 because 24+2+4=30." Trewal (talk) 10:28, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Kaprekar's expression is wrong?
I found if I use Kaprekar's expression to compute self number, 29 is also self number. But 19 is a generator of 29. So anybody know what's wrong with this problem? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.22.21.11 (talk) 11:28, 18 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I assume you refer to Self number. When I use it I get the self numbers given in the lead: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 20, 31, 42, 53, 64, 75, 86, 97, 108, 110, 121, 132, 143, 154, 165, 176, 187, 198, 209, 211, 222, 233, 244, 255, 266, 277, 288, 299, 310, 312, 323, 334, 345, 356, 367, 378, 389, 400, 411, 413, 424, 435, 446, 457, 468, 479, 490, 501, 512, 514, 525. There is no 29 so I guess you evaluated the expression incorrectly. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:21, 18 October 2010 (UTC)