Narcissistic

A kind of number

About Narcissistic

A narcissistic number (or Armstrong number) in base 10 is an n-digit number that equals the sum of its digits each raised to the power n. For example, 153 = 1³ + 5³ + 3³.

Key features

  • Single-digit numbers 1–9 are trivially narcissistic.
  • Only 88 base-10 narcissistic numbers exist; the largest has 39 digits.

Examples:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 153, 370, 371, 407, 1634, 8208, 9474

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