June 2021

Narcissistic number

Interesting name, isn’t it?

How can a number be narcissistic?

☻When it focuses too much on itself☺.

It will represent itself even after some manipulation of its digits.

“A number is said to be narcissistic if the sum of its own digits each raised to the power of the number of digits is equal to itself”

For example:

153=13 + 53 + 33 = 153.

These numbers are also called as Armstrong numbers or plus perfect numbers.

The following video has some details about this…

Narcissistic number

Blaise Pascal

Yesterday was the birth anniversary of the famous French Mathematician Blaise Pascal(18-6-1623 to 19 -8-1662). He is a child prodigy with no formal education.

He invented the mechanical calculator at a very young age.

He is the first person who proposed the idea of public transportation in 1662 in France. He introduced the seven horse drawn carriage routes for the public. They are called as the “Five-Penny Coaches,” or “Carosses à Cinq Sous”.

In science, his focus was mainly on fluid dynamics.

The following video explains his other achievements

Blaise Pascal