A020652 Numerators in canonical bijection from positive integers to positive rationals.

1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 3, 5, 7, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 1, 3, 7, 9, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1, 5, 7, 11, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 1, 5

Offset: 1

Author

David W. Wilson

Keywords

• nonn
• frac
• core
• nice
• tabf

Comments

a(A002088(n)) = 1 for n > 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 29 2012

When read as an irregular table with each 1 entry starting a new row, then the n-th row consists of the set of multiplicative units of Z_{n+1}. These rows form a group under multiplication mod n. - Tom Edgar, Aug 20 2013

The pair of sequences A020652/A020653 is defined by ordering the positive fractions p/q (reduced to lowest terms) by increasing p+q, then increasing p: 1/1; 1/2, 2/1; 1/3, 3/1; 1/4, 2/3, 3/2, 4/1; 1/5, 5/1; 2/5, 3/4, 4/3, 5/2; etc. For given p+q, there are A000010(p+q) fractions, listed starting at index A002088(p+q-1). - M. F. Hasler, Mar 06 2020

Examples

			Arrange positive fractions < 1 by increasing denominator then by increasing numerator: 1/2, 1/3, 2/3, 1/4, 3/4, 1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5, 1/6 ... (this is A020652/A038567). - _William Rex Marshall_, Dec 16 2010
		

References

• S. Cook, Problem 511: An Enumeration Problem, Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 9:2 (1976-77), 137. Solution by the Problem Editor, JRM, Vol. 10:2 (1977-78), 122-123.
• Richard Courant and Herbert Robbins. What Is Mathematics?, Oxford, 1941, pp. 79-80.
• H. Lauwerier, Fractals, Princeton Univ. Press, p. 23.

Links

• David Wasserman, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..100000
• Paul Yiu, Recreational Mathematics, 24.3.1 Appendix: Two enumerations of the rational numbers in (0,1), page 633.
• Index entries for "core" sequences
• Index entries for sequences related to enumerating the rationals
• Index entries for sequences related to Stern's sequences

Crossrefs

Essentially the same as A038566, which is the main entry for this sequence.

Cf. A020653, A038567-A038569, A182972-A182976.

A054424 gives mapping to Stern-Brocot tree.

Cf. A037161.

Programs

Haskell

a020652 n = a020652_list !! (n-1)
a020652_list = map fst [(u,v) | v <- [1..], u <- [1..v-1], gcd u v == 1]
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 29 2012

Maple

with (numtheory): A020652 := proc (n) local sum, j, k; sum := 0: k := 2: while (sum < n) do: sum := sum + phi(k): k := k + 1: od: sum := sum - phi(k-1): j := 1; while sum < n do: if gcd(j,k-1) = 1 then sum := sum + 1: fi: j := j+1: od: RETURN (j-1): end: # Ulrich Schimke (ulrschimke(AT)aol.com), Nov 06 2001

Mathematica

Reap[Do[If[GCD[num, den] == 1, Sow[num]], {den, 1, 20}, {num, 1, den-1}] ][[2, 1]] (* Jean-François Alcover, Oct 22 2012 *)

PARI

a(n)=my(s,j=1,k=1);while(sCharles R Greathouse IV, Feb 07 2013

Python

from sympy import totient, gcd
def a(n):
    s=0
    k=2
    while sIndranil Ghosh, May 23 2017, after Ulrich Schimke's MAPLE code