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Sloane's Gap - Numberphile

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What it is

A Numberphile video with Dr James Grime on Sloane's Gap, the observation that integers in the OEIS are not evenly represented and some numbers are underrepresented. It explains the clusters of 'interesting' numbers.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a concise, quick explanation of the OEIS pattern when threads touch the integer sequence encyclopedia.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2019

What HN commenters said

  1. “Very good video on Sloane's Gap, for the impatient”

    Concise explanation of Sloane's Gap

    jlgreco, 2013-10 · Recommendation · in “Sloane's Gap.”

  2. “And if you plot each number by the number of times it occurs, it makes a really interesting pattern”

    Plot revealing underrepresented numbers in the OEIS

    Houshalter, 2017-01 · Recommendation · in “2017 is not just another prime number”

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Topics: oeis, sloane's gap, numberphile, integers, number theory

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