A262670 Consider the Farey sequence of order n, F_n, and that the average distance between any two adjacent pairs in F_n is 1/A002088(n). Then a(n) is the number of adjacent pairs whose difference is the average.

0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 2, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 0, 2, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 2, 2, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 0, 2, 2, 2, 0, 2, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 6, 0, 0, 2, 4, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 2, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 2, 2, 2, 2, 0, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

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Author

Robert G. Wilson v, Nov 09 2015

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Because the Farey fractions are symmetrical about 1/2 for n > 1, a(n) is always even.

First occurrence of k by index, or -1 if no such occurrence exists: 0, 1, 2, -1, 60, -1, 64, -1, 207, -1, 1047, -1, 1084, -1, ..., .

Where 0 occurs: 0, 3, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, ..., ;

Where 2 occurs: 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31, 36, 37, 38, ..., ;

Where 4 occurs: 60, 68, 120, 129, 148, 158, 159, 168, 180, 216, 225, 231, 239, 241, 249, ..., ;

Where 6 occurs: 65, 227, 401, 403, 492, 600, 616, 780, 861, 862, 865, 967, 1019, 1054, ..., ;

Where 8 occurs: 208, 1210, 1367, 1803, 1804, 1841, 1866, 2397, 2864, 3281, 3443, 3724, ..., ;

Where 10 occurs: 1048, 1094, 1632, 1949, 2269, 2571, 2710, 3365, 3555, 3558, 3613, 3939, ..., ;

Where 12 occurs: 1085, 1358, 2541, 3251, 4411, ..., ;

Where 18 occurs: 4830, ..., ;

For the first 5001 terms: 3315 zeros, 1 one, 1138 twos, 414 fours, 96 sixes, 19 eights, 12 tens, 5 twelves and 1 eighteen.

Examples

			a(5) = 2. F_5 = {0, 1/5, 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 1} and the first forward difference is {1/5, 1/20, 1/12, 1/15, 1/10, 1/10, 1/15, 1/12, 1/20, 1/5}. The average distance is 1/10 since A002088(5) = 10 which is also the number of adjacent pairs, a/b & c/d.
		

References

• Albert H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, The Queen of Mathematics Entertains, Chapter XVI, "Farey Tails", Dover Books, NY, 1966, pgs 168-172.

Links

• Cut the Knot, Farey Series.
• The University of Surrey, Math Dept., Fractions in the Farey Series and the Stern-Brocot Tree.
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Farey Sequence.
• Wikipedia, Farey Sequence.

Crossrefs

Cf. A002088, A005728, A006843, A262669.

Programs

Mathematica

f[n_] := Block[{diff = Differences@ Union@ Flatten@ Table[a/b, {b, n}, {a, 0, b}], ave = 1/Sum[ EulerPhi[ m], {m, n}]}, {Length@ Select[diff, ave < # &], Length@ Select[diff, ave == # &], Length@ Select[diff, ave > # &]}]; Array[f, 65]