The Number Collector - with Neil Sloane
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We speak with Neil Sloane - creator and keeper of the famed ‘On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences’. OEIS Sequences we featured from the OEIS included Fibonacci Numbers, A068679, Bell or exponential numbers, A000435 - The Genesis Sequence, Euler totient function, King Louis births, Recaman's sequence, Gijswijt's sequence, and Brady Numbers. Videos featuring Neil on Numberphile Neil Sloane homepage Traralgon and Brady’s podcast with Tim from Traralgon 1956 Melbourne Olympics Neil’s works on Amazon Neil’s PhD thesis Sloane's Gap - Numberphile The Slightly Spooky Recaman Sequence - Numberphile Guardian article on Neil Sloane Works citing the OEIS OEIS Foundation and donations Birth of the Brady Numbers With thanks to MSRI Meyer Sound
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