I read somewhere that the pattern 441 wasn't "discovered" until siteswap was invented. I find this pretty hard to believe, although it does seem oddly possible. Do any old-timers or people with more knowledge on the topic have info on this?
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Cedric Lackpot - - Parent #
I saw Colin Wright's lecture on Site Swap Theory (SST)back in about '88, and he and his team from the maths dept. at I think Manchester University did indeed discover 441 using SST, and IIRC he claimed it was their first significant discovery using it. But I'm pretty sure that even then they didn't claim it as an invention, just something that was unknown to them.
That said, it certainly appeared to be a novel pattern amongst the hobby juggling community in the UK at the time.
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