Kolakoski sequence
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In mathematics, the Kolakoski sequence, sometimes also known as the Oldenburger–Kolakoski sequence,[1] is an infinite sequence of symbols {1,2} that is the sequence of run lengths in its own run-length encoding.[2] It is named after the recreational mathematician William Kolakoski (1944–97) who described it in 1965,[3] but it was previously discussed by Rufus Oldenburger in 1939.[1][4]