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Re:Mysterious number 6174 by euroclydon on Friday February 13, 2009 @03:45PM (#480385)
I don't really see the connection. Your example is the derivative of a function, and what I am saying is that rearranging 1234 to 3421 doesn't mean anything to me.

Now you have some new number who's only relationship to the old number is that it's one of (432)-1 possible permutations of it. Other than that, what's the significance?

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Re:Mysterious number 6174 by naveensundar on Friday February 13, 2009 @04:22PM (#480423)
Just because there is no name for this operation does not mean it is not valid (or meaningful). There are many mathematical constructs which do not have any physical meaning.
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