#62 Aibohphobia

Aibohphobia: the fear of palindromes

What’s there to be afraid of?  Palindromes are so cool!  Whether the phobia is real or made up, palindromes are definitely real and this week we’re going to have some fun with them!

According to palindromlelist.net, a palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of symbols or elements, whose meaning may be interpreted the same way in either forward or reverse direction (i.e. mom, wow, racecar, 10501, etc.).

Did you know that any number can be written as the sum of 3 palindromes?  It’s true!  Check out this Numberphile video.  Then, visit Christian Lawson-Perfect’s website  to try it out yourself. A computer works best for this step.  Leave a comment with the number you tried and the 3 palindromes that add up to your number.

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