Editing Hofstadter

'''Hofstadter''' is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* [[Albert Hofstadter]] (1910–1989), American philosopher
* [[Douglas Hofstadter]] (born 1945), American professor, author of ''Gödel, Escher, Bach''
* [[Richard Hofstadter]] (1916–1970), American historian
* [[Robert Hofstadter]] (1915–1990), American Nobel Prize-winner in physics
* [[Samuel H. Hofstadter]] (1894–1970), New York politician and judge

'''Fictional characters:'''
* [[Beverly Hofstadter]], a character in the television series ''The Big Bang Theory'', mother of Leonard
* [[Leonard Hofstadter]], a character in the television series ''The Big Bang Theory''
* [[Penny Hofstadter]], a character in the television series ''The Big Bang Theory'', wife of Leonard

==See also==
* [[Hofstadter's butterfly]], a fractal
* [[Hofstadter Committee]], a joint legislative investigating committee in New York 1931–1932
* [[Hofstadter's law]], "It always takes longer than you expect ..."
* Hofstadter-Moebius loop, a condition that affected [[HAL 9000]], a fictional computer
* [[Hofstadter points]], in triangle geometry
* [[Hofstadter sequence]], an integer sequence

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