[math-fun] The iniquitous "infinite Fibonacci word" sequence
OEIS A005614 deserves a handle more resonant than "infinite Fibonacci word". When (following no doubt a well-trodden path) I rediscovered it around the early 1970's, I christened it the "Wythoff" sequence, for no better reason than its turning up in my analysis of Wythoff's game. Then I started to notice other people starting to call it that ... [ So is that how such things so often seem to finish up with any moniker but that of the unsung genius who actually discovered them? ] I would like to track down the earliest publication in which this sequence appears: any suggestions? Fred Lunnon
When Jean-Paul and I wrote "Automatic Sequences", we tried hard to find the origins of the Fibonacci word (I like that name very much, by the way). Our results are on p. 245 of that book. The earliest explicit example we found was AMM A4247 in the Monthly, 1947, p. 232. On 1/16/17 8:04 PM, Fred Lunnon wrote:
OEIS A005614 deserves a handle more resonant than "infinite Fibonacci word". When (following no doubt a well-trodden path) I rediscovered it around the early 1970's, I christened it the "Wythoff" sequence, for no better reason than its turning up in my analysis of Wythoff's game. Then I started to notice other people starting to call it that ... [ So is that how such things so often seem to finish up with any moniker but that of the unsung genius who actually discovered them? ]
I would like to track down the earliest publication in which this sequence appears: any suggestions?
Fred Lunnon
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I recently learned of this list of mathematical fiction, organized for easy browsing: http://kasmana.people.cofc.edu/MATHFICT/browse.php <http://kasmana.people.cofc.edu/MATHFICT/browse.php> . It would be interesting to hear of any recommendations of any of these you've read. —Dan
Well, I must have read and enjoyed Conversations on Mathematics with a Visitor from Outer Space http://kasmana.people.cofc.edu/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumber=mf179 because I left a comment there. I also quite liked Dark Integers http://kasmana.people.cofc.edu/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumber=mf634 and Logicomix http://kasmana.people.cofc.edu/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumber=mf118 Charles Greathouse Case Western Reserve University On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 9:32 PM, Dan Asimov <asimov@msri.org> wrote:
I recently learned of this list of mathematical fiction, organized for easy browsing:
http://kasmana.people.cofc.edu/MATHFICT/browse.php < http://kasmana.people.cofc.edu/MATHFICT/browse.php>
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It would be interesting to hear of any recommendations of any of these you've read.
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