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kolakoski sequence

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ko-lakoski se-quence
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An infinite sequence of symbols {1,2} that is its own run-length encoding and the prototype for an infinite family of related sequences.

Etymology

Named after the recreational mathematician William Kolakoski (1944–97), who discussed it in 1965, though subsequent research has revealed that it first appeared in a paper by Rufus Oldenburger in 1939.

Inflected Forms

Kolakoski sequences (plural)

Questions

What does kolakoski sequence mean?
An infinite sequence of symbols {1,2} that is its own run-length encoding and the prototype for an infinite family of related sequences.
Where does kolakoski sequence come from?
Named after the recreational mathematician William Kolakoski (1944–97), who discussed it in 1965, though subsequent research has revealed that it first appeared in a paper by Rufus Oldenburger in 1939.

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