October 2023 - Challenge
This riddle was suggested by our previous puzzlemaster, Oded Margalit. Thanks Oded!
We are entering the 26th year of Ponder This and this is the 307th riddle. Both 26 and 307 are not palindromes, but their squares 676 and 94249 are.
Your goal: Find a number n that is not a palindrome, such that n^2 is a palindrome and n \equiv 845 (\text{mod } 1201)
A Bonus "*" will be given for finding that number, such that in addition to the previous constraints, we also have n \equiv 2256 (\text{mod } 3565)
An open question that we are pondering about: Does there exist an n that is not a palindrome but n^2 is, such that all the digits of n (in base 10) are odd?
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Challenge:
28/09/2023 @ 15:30 PM EST
Solution:
05/11/2023 @ 12:00 PM EST
List Updated:
20/11/2023 @ 10:24 AM EST
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