Extravagant number

Extravagant number

An extravagant number (also known as a "wasteful" number) is a natural number that has fewer digits than the number of digits in its prime factorization (including exponents). For example, in base-10 arithmetic 4 = 2², 6 = 2×3, 8 = 2³, and 9 = 3² are extravagant numbers.

Extravagant numbers can be defined in any base. There are infinitely many extravagant numbers, no matter what base is used.

See also

*Equidigital number
*Frugal number

References

*R.G.E. Pinch (1998), [http://arxiv.org/pdf/math/9802046 Economical Numbers] .
*Chris Caldwell, [http://primes.utm.edu/glossary/page.php?sort=ExtravagantNumber The Prime Glossary: extravagant number] at The Prime Pages.


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