Mathematical vanity plates
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Mathematical vanity plates
zbMATH Open document ID: 1230.00010
author: Donald E. Knuth
published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer
publication date: 2011-05-19T00:00:00Z
review text: In this charming article Donald E. Knuth looks at automotive license plates and their relationship to mathematics. Some simply state ``Do Math'' or ``Math Sci''. Others display large enough numbers which the author finds remarkable in a mathematical sense. He concludes with ``one of the main unresolved problems'': ``determine the integers of 5 to 8 digits that are most `interesting' in some reasonably mathematical sense''.
reviewed by: Alexander Soifer
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 00A08
zbMATH DE Number: 5897299
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MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s00283-010-9170-7
OpenAlex ID: W1979549323
Wikidata QID: Q60691923
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DOI: 10.1007/S00283-010-9170-7
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5897299