D. R. Kaprekar
Mathematician, Deceased Person
1905 – 1986
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Who was D. R. Kaprekar?
Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was an Indian recreational mathematician who described several classes of natural numbers including the Kaprekar, Harshad and Self numbers and discovered the Kaprekar constant, named after him. Despite having no formal postgraduate training and working as a schoolteacher, he published extensively and became well known in recreational mathematics circles.
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- Born
- Jan 17, 1905
Dahanu - Religion
- Hinduism
- Profession
- Education
- Fergusson College
- Died
- 1986
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on July 23, 2013
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