The Pattern Collector
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The article 'The Pattern Collector' highlights a mathematician's work in collecting and analyzing patterns, sparking interest in the beauty and significance of mathematical patterns.
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Neil Sloane’s obsession with collecting number sequences grew into the On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS), now nearly 400,000 entries strong. Used daily by mathematicians and scientists worldwide, it’s evolving into a community-run wiki as the project outgrows its founder.
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