D. R. Kaprekar
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Indian mathematician (1905–1986)
Key facts
- Born
- D.R. Kaprekar , ( 1905-01-17 ) 17 January 1905, Dahanu , Bombay Presidency , India
- Died
- 4 July 1986 (1986-07-04) (aged 81), Nasik , Maharashtra, India
- Occupation
- School teacher
- Known for
- Contributions to recreational mathematics
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Dahanu
- Place of death
- Deolali
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Educated at
- Fergusson College
- Notable work
- self number
- Field of work
- number theory
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- date of birth
- 1905-01-17
- date of death
- 1986-07-04
- name in native language
- दत्तात्रेय रामचंद्र कापरेकर
- birth name
- दत्तात्रेय रामचंद्र कापरेकर
- pseudonym
- Ganitanand
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Dattatreya Ramchandra Kaprekar (Marathi: दत्तात्रेय रामचंद्र कापरेकर; 17 January 1905 – 4 July 1986) was an Indian recreational mathematician who described several classes of natural numbers including the Kaprekar, Harshad and self numbers and discovered Kaprekar's constant, named after him. Despite having no formal postgraduate training and working as a schoolteacher, he published extensively and became well known in recreational mathematics circles.
Education and work
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