Sociable Chain/Examples/12,496/Mistake
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Source Work
1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers:
- The Dictionary
- $28$
1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.):
- The Dictionary
- $28$
Mistake
- The longest known sociable chain is of $28$ links, starting with $12,496$.
This number $12,496$ actually starts a chain of $5$ links.
The $28$-link chain actually starts at $14,316$.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $28$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $28$