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Kaprekar’s routine is a simple arithmetic procedure on four digit numbers which rapidly converges to the fixed point 6174, known as the Kaprekar constant. Unlike other famous iterative procedures such as the Collatz function , the ad hoc nature of the Kaprekar routine doesn’t hint at fundamental mathematical discoveries yet to be made.
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