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The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences

by N. J. A. Sloane (AT&T Shannon Labs)

Year of Award: 2008

Award: Robbins

Publication Information: Notices of AMS, Vol. 50, 2003, pp. 912-915

Summary: This article gives a brief introduction to the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (or OEIS). This web site has close to 200,000 known integer sequences.

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About the Author: Neil Sloane received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1967  and is a Technology Leader at AT&T Labs in Florham Park, NJ.  He has spent more than 40 years on the OEIS database. 



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