Sociable Chain/Examples/12,496/Mistake

Source Work

1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers:

The Dictionary
$28$


1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.):

The Dictionary
$28$


Mistake

The longest known sociable chain is of $28$ links, starting with $12,496$.


This number $12,496$ actually starts a chain of $5$ links.

The $28$-link chain actually starts at $14,316$.


Sources

  • 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $28$
  • 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $28$
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