Definition:Wythoff Sequence/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Wythoff Sequence
The upper Wythoff sequence and lower Wythoff sequence were introduced in $1926$ by Samuel Beatty in a much-cited puzzle page: Problems for Solutions: 3173-3180 (Amer. Math. Monthly Vol. 33: p. 159) www.jstor.org/stable/2300153.
Their names originate from the fact that, in the form of Wythoff pairs, they form the winning combinations of Wythoff's game.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $1 \cdotp 61803 \, 39887 \, 49894 \, 84820 \, 45868 \, 34365 \, 63811 \, 77203 \, 09179 \, 80576 \ldots$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $1 \cdotp 61803 \, 39887 \, 49894 \, 84820 \, 45868 \, 34365 \, 63811 \, 77203 \, 09179 \, 80576 \ldots$