Where does the word “Lychrel” come from?
“Lychrel” was simply a word that was not in the dictionary, not on a Google search, and not in any math sites that I could find. If there is any “hidden meaning” to the word, it would simply be that it is a rough anagram of my girlfriend’s name Cheryl. It was a word that hit me while driving and thinking about this. I liked the sound of it, and it stuck. There is no secret to the word. If the name “Walker Numbers” had not been in use already, I would have named them that, in honor of John Walker who did the first million digits.
