2 papers
math.CO2026
Cutting a Pancake with an Exotic Knife
David O. H. Cutler, Jonas Karlsson, Neil J. A. Sloane
In the first chapter of their classic book "Concrete Mathematics", Graham, Knuth, and Patashnik consider the maximum number of pieces that can be obtained from a pancake by making…
math.NT2024
The Comma Sequence: A Simple Sequence With Bizarre Properties
Eric Angelini, Michael S. Branicky, Giovanni Resta +2
The ``comma sequence'' starts with 1 and is defined by the property that if k and k' are consecutive terms, the two-digit number formed from the last digit of k and the first digit…