A palindrome is a word, phrase, or sequence that can be read the same forward and backward. So technically, 1 can be the smallest.
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Predecessor of a number is obtained by subtracting 1 from it. The smallest 4 digit number is 1000 and its predecessor is 1000 - 1 = 999.
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That would be 26 . . . its square is 676.There are two smaller palindromic squares . . . 121 and 484 ... but they're the squares of11 and 22 respectively, which are palindromic, so they flunk the question's specifications.
1 million = 1,000,000 = 1000² Which means we want: (1000 + 1)² - (1000 - 1)² , that is 1001² - 999² However, before we work that out, lets look at what we have. let a = 1000, b = 1, then: (1000 + 1)² - (1000 - 1)² = (a + b)² - (a - b)² Now (a + b)² = a² +2ab + b² and (a - b)² = a² - 2ab - b² → (a + b)² - (a - b)² = a² +2ab + b² - (a² - 2ab - b²) = 4ab As a = 1000, b = 1, this means (1000 + 1)² - (1000 -1)² = 4 × 1000 × 1 = 4000.