“Farey Sequence”的概念、定义、习题解题方法及翻译-数学辞典

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Farey Sequence

释义

Farey Sequence

The Farey sequence for any Positive Integer is the set of irreducible Rational Numbers with and arranged in increasing order.

			(1)
			(2)
			(3)
			(4)
			(5)

Except for

, each

has an Odd number of terms and the middle term is always 1/2. Let

, and

be threesuccessive terms in a Farey series. Then

(6)

(7)

These two statements are actually equivalent.

The number of terms in the Farey sequence for the Integer is

(8)

where

is the Totient Function and

is the Summatory Function of

, giving 2, 3, 5, 7,11, 13, 19, ... (Sloane's A005728). The asymptotic limit for the function

(9)

(Vardi 1991, p. 155). For a method of computing a successive sequence from an existing one of

terms, insert theMediant fraction

between terms

and

when

(Hardy and Wright 1979, pp. 25-26;Conway and Guy 1996).

Ford Circles provide a method of visualizing the Farey sequence. The Farey sequence defines asubtree of the Stern-Brocot Tree obtained by pruning unwanted branches (Graham et al. 1994).

See also Ford Circle, Mediant, Rank (Sequence), Stern-Brocot Tree

References

Beiler, A. H. ``Farey Tails.'' Ch. 16 in Recreations in the Theory of Numbers: The Queen of Mathematics Entertains. New York: Dover, 1966.

Conway, J. H. and Guy, R. K. ``Farey Fractions and Ford Circles.'' The Book of Numbers. New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 152-154 and 156, 1996.

Dickson, L. E. History of the Theory of Numbers, Vol. 1: Divisibility and Primality. New York: Chelsea, pp. 155-158, 1952.

Farey, J. ``On a Curious Property of Vulgar Fractions.'' London, Edinburgh and Dublin Phil. Mag. 47, 385, 1816.

Graham, R. L.; Knuth, D. E.; and Patashnik, O. Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science, 2nd ed. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, pp. 118-119, 1994.

Guy, R. K. ``Mahler's Generalization of Farey Series.'' §F27 in Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, 2nd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 263-265, 1994.

Hardy, G. H. and Wright, E. M. An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, 5th ed. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1979.

Sloane, N. J. A. SequencesA005728/M0661,A006842/M0041, andA006843/M0081in ``An On-Line Version of the Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.''http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/eisonline.html and Sloane, N. J. A. and Plouffe, S.The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. San Diego: Academic Press, 1995.

Sylvester, J. J. ``On the Number of Fractions Contained in Any Farey Series of Which the Limiting Number is Given.'' London, Edinburgh and Dublin Phil. Mag. (5th Series) 15, 251, 1883.

Vardi, I. Computational Recreations in Mathematica. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, p. 155, 1991.

Weisstein, E. W. ``Plane Geometry.'' Mathematica notebook PlaneGeometry.m.

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