Saturday, January 2, 2010

01-02-2010

More math oddities 01-02-2010

Tribune story relating to numbers

"Each number has its own personality."

With this adoration in mind, consider Jan. 2, 2010. The day is a palindromic date: 01-02-2010, meaning the number can be read the same way in either direction.

There will be 12 palindromic days this century, Inan said, and Saturday is the second. The first was 10-02-2001. (To check out his complete list: faculty.up.edu/ainan/palindrome.html)