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[rjamil]

Who knows about the magical 4 digit number?

R. Jamil

[Yogi]

What's magical about 6174 ?

[rjamil]

Kaprekar constant, or 6174, is a constant that arises when we take a 4-digit integer, form the largest and smallest numbers from its digits, and then subtract these two numbers. Continuing with this process of forming and subtracting, we will always arrive at the number 6174, in at most 7 iterations. Once 6174 is reached, the process will continue yielding 7641 – 1467 = 6174.

R. Jamil