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Meertens number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1998

RICHARD S. BIRD
Affiliation:
Programming Research Group, Oxford University, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD, UK
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Abstract

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Meertens number is a number with a very peculiar property. I had the idea in 1991, when I was invited to celebrate the occasion of Lambert Meertens' 25 years at the CWI, Amsterdam. Lambert has been a good friend and colleague for a number of years, and rather than bring the usual bottle of Glenlivet as a gift, I decided to give him a number.

Type
FUNCTIONAL PEARL
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

Footnotes

This pearl is adapted from material in Introduction to Functional Programming, Second Edition by Richard Bird, Prentice Hall, to be published in 1998. Permission to publish is gratefully acknowledged.
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