58 arithmetic/digits/circular.p
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This article is from the Puzzles FAQ, by Chris Cole chris@questrel.questrel.com and Matthew Daly mwdaly@pobox.com with numerous contributions by others.
58 arithmetic/digits/circular.p
What 6 digit number, with 6 different digits, when multiplied by all integers
up to 6, circulates its digits through all 6 possible positions, as follows:
ABCDEF * 1 = ABCDEF
ABCDEF * 3 = BCDEFA
ABCDEF * 2 = CDEFAB
ABCDEF * 6 = DEFABC
ABCDEF * 4 = EFABCD
ABCDEF * 5 = FABCDE
arithmetic/digits/circular.s
ABCDEF=142857 (the digits of the expansion of 1/7).
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