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Find n Niven Numbers

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Challenge

A Niven number is a positive integer which is divisible by the sum of its digits.

For example, 81 -> 8+1=9 -> 81%9=0.

Your task is to find the first n Niven numbers, given n.

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Reference implementation(takes input)

first 16 values:

0 => 1
1 => 2
2 => 3
3 => 4
4 => 5
5 => 6
6 => 7
7 => 8
8 => 9
9 => 10
10 => 12
11 => 18
12 => 20
13 => 21
14 => 24
15 => 27
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Monica Cellio‭ wrote over 2 years ago

Cool challenge. This is tangential, but why is it called a Niven number?

Razetime‭ wrote over 2 years ago

From the wikipedia article it seems to have come the name of a mathematician who was discussing number theory.