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The Immortal Kangaroo Sequence

The Immortal Kangaroo Sequence

Neil Sloane shares the comma sequence. Then thoughts turn to immortal kangaroos leaping through minefields.

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Neil is the founder of the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS): https://oeis.org/

Some OEIS sequences related to this video...
Original sequence when we start at 1 - https://oeis.org/A121805
Landmines: https://oeis.org/A367341
Numbers where there are two choices: https://oeis.org/A367346
The infinite path (strictly speaking, it is the lowest infinite path, because there could be more than one): https://oeis.org/A367620
The sequence of 0's and 1's that lead to immortality (as we know it so far): https://oeis.org/A399179

Videos from Brady's chemistry trip to Australia (featuring wallabies, kangaroos, and koalas) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD8C8561114777F5A

Khinchin's Constant

Khinchin's Constant