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The legendary Neil Sloane discusses the use of 'long-legged letters' to chop infinite pancakes. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ See more Neil Sloane videos on Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJXQqPe_llzWmTHMPb9QvV2 Neil is the founder of the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS): https://oeis.org/ Some OEIS sequences related to this video (to get you started)... https://oeis.org/A130883 https://oeis.org/A117625 Concrete Mathematics: https://amzn.to/4gpw2U9 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Numberphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://bit.ly/numberphile-janestreet We are also grateful for support from the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/ NUMBERPHILE Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Video by Brady Haran & Pete McPartlan Numberphile T-Shirts and Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/numberphile Brady's videos subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/BradyHaran/ Brady's latest videos across all channels: http://www.bradyharanblog.com/ Sign up for (occasional) emails: http://eepurl.com/YdjL9