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How can an infinite number of mathematicians figure out their own hat colours?

We discuss the look-and-say sequence, its behaviour, variations of it, and a Python implementation.

Today I learned that the length of the terms of the “look-and-say” sequence has a well-defined growth rate.

How can 4 friends guess their own hat colours?