Math::...Digits(3pm)
💖 Math::PlanePath::CfracDigits — the manual, but make it cute ✨
okay bestie, welcome to the Math::PlanePath::CfracDigits page, from the User Contributed Perl Documentation corner of the perl-verse. This is the one that encodes continued fraction terms into digits, and honestly? it's giving genius. 🧚💅
✨ NAME ✨
Math::PlanePath::CfracDigits — continued fraction terms encoded by digits. yep. that's the whole vibe. 🎀
🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸
use Math::PlanePath::CfracDigits;
my $path = Math::PlanePath::CfracDigits->new (tree_type => 'Kepler');
my ($x, $y) = $path->n_to_xy (123);three lines and you're in. no notes. 💅
🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋
so like, this path enumerates reduced fractions 0 < X/Y < 1 where X,Y have no common factor — using a method by Jeffrey Shallit that encodes continued fraction terms into digit strings, as per:
Jeffrey Shallit, "Number Theory and Formal Languages", part 3, <https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~shallit/Papers/ntfl.ps>
Fractions up to a given denominator get covered by roughly N=den^2.28. That's a much smaller N range than the run-length encoding in "RationalsTree" and "FractionsTree" — but it's more than "GcdRationals". lowkey efficient. 😌
15 | 25 27 91 61 115 307 105 104
14 | 23 48 65 119 111 103
13 | 22 24 46 29 66 59 113 120 101 109 99 98
12 | 17 60 114 97
11 | 16 18 30 64 58 112 118 102 96 95
10 | 14 28 100 94
9 | 13 15 20 38 36 35
8 | 8 21 39 34
7 | 7 9 19 37 33 32
6 | 5 31
5 | 4 6 12 11
4 | 2 10
3 | 1 3
2 | 0
1 |
Y=0 |
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X=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14A fraction 0 < X/Y < 1 has a finite continued fraction of the form
1
X/Y = 0 + ---------------------
1
q[1] + -----------------
1
q[2] + ------------
....
1
q[k-1] + ----
q[k] where each q[i] >= 1
except last q[k] >= 2The terms get collected up as a sequence of integers >=0 by subtracting 1 from each and 2 from the last.
# each >= 0
q[1]-1, q[2]-1, ..., q[k-2]-1, q[k-1]-1, q[k]-2These integers are written in base-2 using digits 1,2. A digit 3 is written between each term as a separator.
base2(q[1]-1), 3, base2(q[2]-1), 3, ..., 3, base2(q[k]-2)If a term q[i]-1 is zero then its base-2 form is empty and there's adjacent 3s in that case. If the high q[1]-1 is zero then a bare high 3, and if the last q[k]-2 is zero then a bare final 3. If there's just a single term q[1] and q[1]-2=0 then the string is completely empty. This occurs for X/Y=1/2. 💀 (empty string jumpscare, but it's fine)
The resulting string of 1s, 2s, 3s is reckoned as a base-3 value with digits 1,2,3 and the result is N. All possible strings of 1s, 2s, 3s occur (including the empty string) and so all integers N>=0 correspond one-to-one with an X/Y fraction with no common factor. periodt. 🔥
Digits 1,2 in base-2 means writing an integer in the form
d[k]*2^k + d[k-1]*2^(k-1) + ... + d[2]*2^2 + d[1]*2 + d[0]
where each digit d[i]=1 or 2Similarly digits 1,2,3 in base-3 which is used for N,
d[k]*3^k + d[k-1]*3^(k-1) + ... + d[2]*3^2 + d[1]*3 + d[0]
where each digit d[i]=1, 2 or 3This is not the same as the conventional binary and ternary radix representations by digits 0,1 or 0,1,2 (ie. 0 to radix-1). The effect of digits 1 to R is to change any 0 digit to instead R and decrement the value above that position to compensate. iykyk 🧠✨
🎀 Axis Values 🎀
N=0,1,2,4,5,7,etc in the X=1 column is integers with no digit 0s in ternary. N=0 is considered no digits at all and so no digit 0. These points are fractions 1/Y which are a single term q[1]=Y-1 and hence no "3" separators, only a run of digits 1,2. These N values are also those which are the same when written in digits 0,1,2 as when written in digits 1,2,3, since there's no 0s or 3s. 🫶
N=0,3,10,11,31,etc along the diagonal Y=X+1 are integers which are ternary "10www..." where the w's are digits 1 or 2, so no digit 0s except the initial "10". These points Y=X+1 points are X/(X+1) with continued fraction
1
X/(X+1) = 0 + -------
1
1 + ---
Xso q0=1 and q1=X, giving N="3,X-1" in digits 1,2,3, which is N="1,0,X-1" in normal ternary. For example N=34 is ternary "1021" which is leading "10" and then X-1=7 ternary "21". slay. 💜
🌈 Radix 🌈
The optional "radix" parameter can select another base for the continued fraction terms, and corresponding radix+1 for the resulting N. The default is radix=2 as described above. Any integer radix>=1 can be selected. For example,
radix => 5 11 | 10 30 114 469 75 255 1549 1374 240 225
10 | 9 109 1369 224
9 | 8 24 74 254 234 223
8 | 7 78 258 41
7 | 5 18 73 253 228 40
6 | 4 39
5 | 3 12 42 38
4 | 2 37
3 | 1 6
2 | 0
1 |
Y=0 |
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X=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10The X=1 column is integers with no digit 0 in base radix+1, so in radix=5 means no 0 digit in base-6. cute. ✨
🧚 Radix 1 🧚
The radix=1 case encodes continued fraction terms using only digit 1, which means runs of q many "1"s to add up to q, and then digit "2" as separator.
N = 11111 2 1111 2 ... 2 1111 2 11111 base2 digits 1,2
\---/ \--/ \--/ \---/
q[1]-1 q[2]-1 q[k-1]-1 q[k]-2which becomes in plain binary
N = 100000 10000 ... 10000 011111 base2 digits 0,1
\----/ \---/ \---/ \----/
q[1] q[2] q[k-1] q[k]-1Each "2" becomes "0" in plain binary and carry +1 into the run of 1s above it. That carry propagates through those 1s, turning them into 0s, and stops at the "0" above them (which had been a "2"). The low run of 1s from q[k]-2 has no "2" below it and is therefore unchanged. (the carry said "not today" and stopped 😤)
radix => 1 11 | 511 32 18 21 39 55 29 26 48 767
10 | 255 17 25 383
9 | 127 16 19 27 24 191
8 | 63 10 14 95
7 | 31 8 9 13 12 47
6 | 15 23
5 | 7 4 6 11
4 | 3 5
3 | 1 2
2 | 0
1 |
Y=0 |
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X=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10The result is similar to "HCS Continued Fraction" in Math::PlanePath::RationalsTree. But the lowest run is "0111" here, instead of "1000" as it is in the HCS. So N-1 here, and a flip (Y-X)/X to map from X/Y<1 here to instead all rationals for the HCS tree. For example
CfracDigits radix=1 RationalsTree tree_type=HCS
X/Y = 5/6 (Y-X)/X = 1/5
is at is at
N = 23 = 0b10111 N = 24 = 0b11000
^^^^ ^^^^see the little ^^^^ arrows? they're doing so much. 👑
👑 FUNCTIONS 👑
See "FUNCTIONS" in Math::PlanePath for behaviour common to all path classes.
"$path = Math::PlanePath::CfracDigits->new ()""$path = Math::PlanePath::CfracDigits->new (radix => $radix)"— Create and return a new path object."$n = $path->n_start()"— Return0, the firstNin the path.
🌟 OEIS 🌟
Entries in Sloane's Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences related to this path include
<http://oeis.org/A032924> (etc) radix=1
A071766 X coordinate (numerator), except extra initial 1
radix=2 (the default)
A032924 N in X=1 column, ternary no digit 0 (but lacking N=0)
radix=3
A023705 N in X=1 column, base-4 no digit 0 (but lacking N=0)
radix=4
A023721 N in X=1 column, base-5 no digit 0 (but lacking N=0)
radix=10
A052382 N in X=1 column, decimal no digit 0 (but lacking N=0)look at all those sequences. the OEIS said "we have range." 💅📚
💫 SEE ALSO 💫
Math::PlanePath, Math::PlanePath::FractionsTree, Math::PlanePath::CoprimeColumns
Math::PlanePath::RationalsTree, Math::PlanePath::GcdRationals, Math::PlanePath::DiagonalRationals
Math::ContinuedFraction
🏠 HOME PAGE 🏠
<http://user42.tuxfamily.org/math-planepath/index.html>
📜 LICENSE 📜
Copyright 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Kevin Ryde
This file is part of Math-PlanePath.
Math-PlanePath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.
Math-PlanePath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Math-PlanePath. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
🚨 bestie this is a license, so no skimming — it literally says NO WARRANTY and you gotta read the whole thing before you do anything with it. fr fr. 🙈
aaaaand that's the whole page!! tysm for reading, this was perl v5.32.0, dated 2021-01-23, and it lives under Math::...Digits(3pm) 💖✨ go write some fractions, you got this 🦋🎀💅
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