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Factorions and Digit-Factorial Chains

Sum the factorials of a number's digits over and over and see where the chain settles.

A digit-factorial chain replaces a number with the sum of the factorials of its digits, then repeats. A factorion is a number that equals that sum of its own digit factorials, so the chain stays put. Other numbers either fall onto a factorion or settle into a repeating cycle.

Example: 145 = 1! + 4! + 5! = 1 + 24 + 120 = 145, so 145 is a factorion. In base 10 there are exactly four factorions: 1, 2, 145, and 40585.

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