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Compute the multiplicative digital root of an integer
ResourceFunction["MultiplicativeDigitalRoot"][n] returns the multiplicative digital root of n. |
Verify the result claimed in the Details section:
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MultiplicativeDigitalRoot threads elementwise over lists:
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Compute the multiplicative digital root of the first 100 integers (OEIS A031347):
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The result returned by MultiplicativeDigitalRoot can be manually computed using NestWhileList:
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The multiplicative digital root of an integer can also be manually computed with no high-level functions:
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Because testint3 is a single-digit integer, the process terminates here, and because testint3 equals 8, the multiplicative digital root of testint1=1234 is equal to 8:
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The number of iterations required to reach the end of the digit multiplication process is called the multiplicative persistence and is returned by the resource function MultiplicativePersistence:
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The additive analogue of the multiplicative digital root is called the additive digital root and is returned by the resource function AdditiveDigitalRoot:
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MultiplicativeDigitalRoot requires its input to be non-negative:
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Create a OEIS-themed table showing which integers have the same multiplicative digital root. This partially reproduces a cool result from the associated MathWorld article:
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