leading zeros

[Richard Guy]

In `10', is the zero leading or trailing?   R.

On Sat, 24 May 2003, N. J. A. Sloane wrote:

> Dear Seqfans,
> 
> Amarnath Murthy has proposed several sequences
> which require that one regards 10 (say) as a palindrome.
> 
> Here is an example:
> 
> 
> %I A083960
> %S A083960 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,2112,313313,4441444,5115,61616
> %N A083960 Smallest palindromic multiple (ignoring leading zeros) of n using only and all digits of n; or 0 if no such number exists.
> %C A083960 Conjecture: No entry is zero.
> %Y A083960 Cf. A083961.
> %O A083960 1,2
> %K A083960 base,more,nonn
> %A A083960 Amarnath Murthy and Meenakshi Srikanth (amarnath_murthy(AT)yahoo.com), May 20 2003
> 
> I admit that I don't like this, but that is just my
> personal taste.   I am going to put it in the OEIS
> on probation.  I would appreciate hearing what other
> people think.  To avoid cluttering up the
> mailing list, maybe write to me directly.
> 
> Neil Sloane
>