These are the show notes for episode 39 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 39 is the smallest number whose sum of digits is larger than that of its square. More about 39 from Number Gossip. The podcast resumes from the summer break and we hear from Beatrice Pelloni, Reader in Applied Mathematics…
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