![](https://i0.wp.com/boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/levine-1.jpg?fit=1400%2C758&ssl=1)
If you love math puzzles, you'll love this sequence, discovered by mathematician Lionel Levine in 1997. Neil Sloane, founder of the OEIS (On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences), explains the Levine Sequence – which escalates incredibly quickly – for numberphiles at any math level.