A038568 Numerators in canonical bijection from positive integers to positive rationals.

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

Offset: 0

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Keywords

• nonn
• frac
• core
• easy
• nice

Comments

Even-indexed terms are positive integers in order, with m occurring phi(m) times. Preceding odd-indexed terms (except for missing initial 0) are the corresponding numbers <= m and relatively prime to m, in increasing order. The denominators are just this sequence shifted left. Thus each positive rational occurs exactly once as a ratio a(n)/a(n+1). - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Dec 06 2006

Examples

			First arrange fractions by increasing denominator, then by increasing numerator:
1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 2/3, 1/4, 3/4, 1/5, 2/5, 3/5, ... (this is A038566/A038567);
now follow each term (except the first) with its reciprocal:
1/1, 1/2, 2/1, 1/3, 3/1, 2/3, 3/2, 1/4, 4/1, 3/4, 4/3, ... (this is A038568/A038569).
		

References

• H. Lauwerier, Fractals, Princeton Univ. Press, p. 23.

Links

• David Wasserman, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..100000
• Index entries for "core" sequences
• Index entries for sequences related to enumerating the rationals

Crossrefs

Cf. A020652, A020653, A038566, A038567, A038569.

Programs

Julia

using Nemo
function A038568List(len)
    a, A = QQ(0), []
    for n in 1:len
        a = next_minimal(a)
        push!(A, numerator(a))
    end
A end
A038568List(84) |> println # Peter Luschny, Mar 13 2018

Maple

with (numtheory): A038568 := proc (n) local sum, j, k; sum := 1: k := 2: while (sum < n) do: sum := sum + 2 * phi(k): k := k + 1: od: sum := sum - 2 * phi(k-1): j := 1: while sum < n do: if gcd(j,k-1) = 1 then sum := sum + 2: fi: j := j+1: od: if sum > n then RETURN (j-1) fi: RETURN (k-1): end: # Ulrich Schimke (ulrschimke(AT)aol.com)

Mathematica

a[n_] := Module[{sum = 1, k = 2}, While[sum < n, sum = sum + 2*EulerPhi[k]; k = k+1]; sum = sum - 2*EulerPhi[k-1]; j = 1; While[sum < n, If[GCD[j, k-1] == 1, sum = sum+2]; j = j+1; ]; If[sum > n, Return[j-1]]; Return[k-1] ]; Table[a[n], {n, 1, 100}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 21 2012, translated from Maple *)

PARI

a(n) = { my (e); for (q=1, oo, if (n+1<2*e=eulerphi(q), for (p=1, oo, if (gcd(p,q)==1, if (n+1<2, return ([p,q][n+2]), n-=2))), n-=2*e)) } \\ Rémy Sigrist, Feb 25 2021

Python

from sympy import totient, gcd
def a(n):
    s=1
    k=2
    while sn: return j - 1
    return k - 1 # Indranil Ghosh, May 23 2017, translated from Mathematica

Extensions

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