The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
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DOI：
10.1007/s00283-021-10060-2
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2021-05
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S. Finch
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专家和新手都一样。它不仅可以作为一个巨大的存储库（告知作者他们可能忽略的数据和联系），还可以作为一个反馈循环（激励和推动研究进入以前无法想象的思路）。在不知疲倦的创建者Neil JA sloane多年来基本上没有人帮助的工作之后，它现在由OEIS基金会维护，并得到无数志愿者的支持。关于OEIS已经写了很多。既然这期《情报报》是专门为约翰·康威写的，那么问尼尔约翰是否有一些最喜欢的片段，这些片段可能反过来引发有趣的故事，似乎是合适的。约翰和尼尔共同撰写了里程碑式的著作《球体包装、晶格和群》，以及从1968年到2007年的50多篇联合论文。他们当然彼此很了解。尼尔的回答是如此慷慨和有帮助，它构成了我的评论的支柱。正如OEIS是许多人贡献的马赛克一样，这篇简短的文章应该有不止一个声音。现在让我引用尼尔的话：
specialists and novices alike. It serves not just as an immense repository (to inform authors of data and connections they may have overlooked), but also as a feedback loop (to motivate and drive research into previously unimagined lines of thought). It is now maintained by the OEIS Foundation—after many years of largely unassisted work by its indefatigable creator Neil JA Sloane—and supported by efforts of uncountably many volunteers.Much has already been written about the OEIS. Since this issue of the Intelligencer is devoted to John Conway, it seemed appropriate to ask Neil whether John possessed some favorite sequences that might, in turn, give rise to interesting stories. John and Neil coauthored the landmark book Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups [1], as well as over 50 joint papers in the span from 1968 to 2007. They certainly knew each other well. Neil’s response was so generous and helpful that it forms the backbone of my review. It is fitting that just as the OEIS is a mosaic of contributions by many people, this brief article should have more than one voice. So let me now quote Neil: