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NAME

Math::PlanePath::CfracDigits -- continued fraction terms encoded by digits

SYNOPSIS

 use Math::PlanePath::CfracDigits;
 my $path = Math::PlanePath::CfracDigits->new (tree_type => 'Kepler');
 my ($x, $y) = $path->n_to_xy (123);

DESCRIPTION

This path enumerates reduced fractions 0 < X/Y < 1 with X,Y no common factor using a method by Jeffrey Shallit encoding continued fraction terms in digit strings, as per

Fractions up to a given denominator are covered by roughly N=den^2.28. This is a much smaller N range than the run-length encoding in RationalsTree and FractionsTree (but is more than GcdRationals).

    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 |
         ----------------------------------------------------------
        X=0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14

A 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] >= 2

The terms are 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]-2

These 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.

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.

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 2

Similarly 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 3

This 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.

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 + ---
                        X

so 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".

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 |
         ----------------------------------------------------
        X=0   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10

The X=1 column is integers with no digit 0 in base radix+1, so in radix=5 means no 0 digit in base-6.

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]-2

which becomes in plain binary

    N = 100000  10000   ...  10000  011111     base2 digits 0,1
        \----/  \---/        \---/  \----/
         q[1]    q[2]       q[k-1]  q[k]-1

Each "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.

    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 |
         -------------------------------------------
        X=0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10

The 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
                ^^^^                      ^^^^

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()

Return 0, the first N in the path.

OEIS

Entries in Sloane's Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences related to this path include

    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)

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.

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