An Automatic Palindrome Generator

Authors

Bill A. O'Connor

Abstract

In 1984 Dan Hoey, a US naval mathematician, wrote a computer which he used to create a 540-word expansion of Leigh Mercer's "Panama" palindrome (PD). It began "A man, a plan, a caret, a ban, a myriad, a sum, a lac..." and ended "...a calmus, a diaryman, a bater, a canal Panama." (For the full PD, plus additional information, see http://www2.vo.lu/homepages/phahn/anagrams/panama/htm.)

Recommended Citation

O'Connor, Bill A. (2001) "An Automatic Palindrome Generator," Word Ways: Vol. 35 : Iss. 1 , Article 2.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol35/iss1/2