What's common between the numbers 0 1 8 11 69 88 96 101?

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The discussion revolves around the commonalities among the numbers 0, 1, 8, 11, 69, 88, 96, and 101. Participants explore various properties of these numbers, including their visual characteristics when viewed upside down and their mathematical relationships.

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  • One participant notes that the numbers remain the same when viewed upside down, although this may depend on the font used.
  • Another participant claims that all numbers except for 0 can be expressed as the sum of differences between previous pairs of numbers, providing a specific example with calculations.
  • A later reply suggests that all sequences of numbers beginning with zero exhibit the same property regarding sums of differences.
  • One participant introduces the concept of self-adjointness, stating that the numbers can be represented as A = A†.
  • Another participant asserts that the numbers are symmetrical.

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Well, this isn't a brain teaser really, but I'll leave what I want to say in #black for anyone who might wish to "solve" it themselves.

What's common between the numbers 0 1 8 11 69 88 96 101? (This is the actual question I saw)

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The answer provided was that they all remain the same even if you looked at them upside down. (Okay, it may not be true in a particular font, but you get the gist.) This isn't the interesting part; what's interesting is that every number apart from the first 0 is formed by the sum of the differences between the previous pairs of numbers, including the pair formed by the current number and the one preceeding it.

1 = 1-0
8 = (8-1) + (1-0)
11 = (11-8) + (8-1) + (1-0)
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...

Just a curiosity [on the way "invertible" integers are arranged] I thought I would share with other geeks. :D
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All sequences of numbers that begin with zero have that second property. Just list out some numbers at random and see. Or better yet, consider the following rearrangement:


11 = (11-8) + (8-1) + (1-0)
11 = 11 (- 8 + 8) (- 1 + 1) - 0

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jimmysnyder said:
All sequences of numbers that begin with zero have that second property. Just list out some numbers at random and see. Or better yet, consider the following rearrangement:

True. I knew I was missing something really simple there. :)
 
They're such that : (self-adjoint)
[tex]A = A^\dagger[/tex]
 
They Are All Symetrical!
 

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