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Any positive number can be written as a sum of three palindromes

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Re: Any positive number can be written as a sum of three palindromes

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Every positive number is a sum of infinite palindromes since they include 0 as a palindrome. Try entering 101.

It's easier to find more than fewer palindromes that when summed up will give a certain number. Finding just the three, is not that easy.

Re: Any positive number can be written as a sum of three palindromes

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Every positive number is a sum of infinite palindromes since they include 0 as a palindrome. Try entering 101.

Why is that interesting? Limiting it to 3 makes it hard. If you allow an arbitrary amount then you can just represent the number in unary and call it a day.
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