Article 6XHHC Can you solve it? The most Guardian puzzle ever

Can you solve it? The most Guardian puzzle ever

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Alex Bellos
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On-brand mathematics

UPDATE: Read the solutions here

Numbers can be odd, even, prime, square, natural, perfect, complex, rational...and as from today they can also be guardians.

Let the numbers be 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on. The guardian of x is the next number that shares at least one digit of x.

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