{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "b6aef7e5", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# [Counting Fractions](https://projecteuler.net/problem=72)\n", "\n", "Like [problem 71](https://projecteuler.net/problem=71), we're looking at [Farey sequences](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farey_sequence). This time we're interested in the cardinality of $F_{1000000}$.\n", "\n", "To begin, first note that $F_1 = \\{0, 1\\}$, so $|F_1| = 2$ (this problem isn't counting 0 and 1 in its totals - we'll handle that at the end). Then consider that for any Farey sequence $F_n$, the next sequence $F_{n+1}$ will contain all the terms from $F_n$, along with all irreducible fractions $\\frac{k}{n+1}$, (since any *reducible* fraction would already be in $F_n$).\n", "\n", "How many new fractions does this get us? Well, the fraction only reduces if $k$ and $n+1$ have a common factor - in other words, if $k$ and $n+1$ are coprime, the fraction will not reduce. How many number less than $n+1$ are coprime to $n+1$? The [totient function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_totient_function) will tell us! So the number of irreducible fractions with denominator $n+1$ is simply $\\phi(n+1)$. This gives us\n", "$$|F_{n+1}| = |F_n| + \\phi(n+1)$$\n", "From this, we can derive a non-recursive formula:\n", "$$|F_n| = 1 + \\sum_{k=1}^n \\phi(k)$$\n", "\n", "The [sum of totients](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totient_summatory_function) is denoted $\\Phi(n)$.\n", "As mentioned before, we'll actually subtract two from this total, since the problem isn't counting 0 or 1. So this problem boils down to computing $\\Phi(1000000) - 1$.\n", "\n", "## Using SageMath\n", "\n", "Since SageMath implements a decently fast totient function, we could opt for the most straightforward approach." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "id": "2d21b0a4", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "data": { "text/plain": [ "303963552391" ] }, "execution_count": 1, "metadata": {}, "output_type": "execute_result" } ], "source": [ "sum(euler_phi(n) for n in range(1, 1000001)) - 1" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "8e268820", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "If you try to implement the totient function yourself, you might find it difficult to make this approach fast enough. An alternative is to \"sieve\" the values of totient - see [problem 70](https://projecteuler.net/problem=70). However, there's a few more *very* interesting methods to compute totient sums.\n", "\n", "## Recursive totient sum\n", "\n", "You might think a fast totient function is key to solving this problem quickly, but it turns out there's a crazy recursive formula for $\\Phi(n)$ that does not require implementing the totient function at all! Since it's a little hard to believe it works, here's a derivation of it.\n", "\n", "We start with the following identity, proven by Gauss:\n", "$$\\sum_{d|k}\\phi(d) = k$$\n", "\n", "Then, we can apply the formula for [triangular numbers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangular_number):\n", "$$\\sum_{k=1}^n \\sum_{d|k}\\phi(d) = \\sum_{k=1}^n k = \\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$$\n", "\n", "Now we'll rewrite the bounds.\n", "$$\\sum_{1 \\leq k \\leq n} \\sum_{xy=k}\\phi(x) = \\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$$\n", "\n", "This makes it easier to see that we can condense the two nested summations into one.\n", "$$\\sum_{1 \\leq xy \\leq n} \\phi(x) = \\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$$\n", "\n", "We can then split this single summation into a sum-of-summations, letting $y$ vary from 1 to $n$.\n", "$$\\sum_{1 \\leq x \\leq n} \\phi(x) + \\sum_{1 \\leq 2x \\leq n} \\phi(x) + \\sum_{1 \\leq 3x \\leq n} \\phi(x) + \\cdots + \\sum_{1 \\leq xn \\leq n} \\phi(x) = \\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$$\n", "\n", "If we apply the definition of $\\Phi(n)$, we get\n", "$$\\Phi\\left(\\left\\lfloor\\frac{n}{1}\\right\\rfloor\\right) + \\Phi\\left(\\left\\lfloor\\frac{n}{2}\\right\\rfloor\\right) + \\Phi\\left(\\left\\lfloor\\frac{n}{3}\\right\\rfloor\\right) + \\cdots + \\Phi\\left(\\left\\lfloor\\frac{n}{n}\\right\\rfloor\\right) = \\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$$\n", "\n", "Then we can rearrange and simplify to get\n", "$$\\Phi(n) = \\frac{1}{2}n(n+1) - \\sum_{d=2}^n \\Phi\\left(\\left\\lfloor \\frac{n}{d} \\right\\rfloor\\right)$$\n", "\n", "Not a super intuitive definition for $\\Phi(n)$, but pretty simple to implement, and surprisingly quick!" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 2, "id": "858a64d2", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "from functools import cache\n", "\n", "@cache\n", "def totient_sum(n):\n", " if n == 1:\n", " return 1\n", " \n", " return n*(n+1)/2 - sum(totient_sum(n//d) for d in range(2, n + 1))" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 3, "id": "3f21311a", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "data": { "text/plain": [ "303963552391" ] }, "execution_count": 3, "metadata": {}, "output_type": "execute_result" } ], "source": [ "totient_sum(1000000) - 1" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "6f1085a3", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Both of the above strategies are simple and fast enough to get the job done on a modern computer, but it turns out we can go even deeper. But first, we need to become familiar with some important formulas.\n", "\n", "## Dirichlet convolution\n", "\n", "The [Dirichlet convolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirichlet_convolution) of two [arithmetic functions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_function) $f$ and $g$ is\n", "$$(f * g)(n) = \\sum_{xy=n} f(x) g(y)$$\n", "\n", "Several important mathematical functions have some representation as a Dirichlet convolution - see the above page for a list. An important one for our purposes is $\\phi * 1 = \\mathrm{Id}$, where $1$ is just the constant function $1(n) = 1$ and $\\mathrm{Id}(n) = n$ is the [identity function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_function) (note that this convolution identity is the same as Gauss's identity presented above).\n", "\n", "## Dirichlet's hyperbola method\n", "As mentioned above, it's well-known that\n", "$$\\sum_{k=1}^n k = \\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$$\n", "We can go further by applying the Dirichlet convolution above to obtain\n", "$$\\frac{n(n+1)}{2} = \\sum_{k=1}^n k = \\sum_{k=1}^n \\sum_{xy=k} \\phi(x)$$\n", "\n", "We're going to transform this summation by applying \n", "[Dirichlet's hyperbola method](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirichlet_hyperbola_method). Let $1 < a < n$, and let $b = n / a$. Then\n", "$$\\frac{n(n+1)}{2} = \\sum_{x=1}^a \\sum_{y=1}^{n/x} \\phi(x) + \\sum_{y=1}^b \\sum_{x=1}^{n/y} \\phi(x) - \\sum_{x=1}^a \\sum_{y=1}^b \\phi(x)$$\n", "\n", "Then with some algebra, we can transform this into\n", "$$\\frac{n(n+1)}{2} = \\sum_{x=1}^a \\phi(x)\\left\\lfloor\\frac{n}{x}\\right\\rfloor + \\sum_{y=1}^b \\Phi\\left(\\left\\lfloor\\frac{n}{y}\\right\\rfloor\\right) - \\lfloor b \\rfloor\\Phi(\\lfloor a \\rfloor)$$\n", "\n", "This might seem complicated, but note that in the second summation on the right, when $y=1$, we have $\\Phi(n)$. We can extract that term and rearrange to get a recursive formula for $\\Phi(n)$:\n", "$$\\Phi(n) = \\frac{n(n+1)}{2} + \\lfloor b \\rfloor\\Phi(\\lfloor a \\rfloor) - \\sum_{x=1}^a \\phi(x)\\left\\lfloor\\frac{n}{x}\\right\\rfloor - \\sum_{y=2}^b \\Phi\\left(\\left\\lfloor\\frac{n}{y}\\right\\rfloor\\right)$$\n", "\n", "The major advantage of this formula is that we only need the values of the totient function up to $a$, instead of up to $n$. We can set $a = \\sqrt{1000000} = 1000$.\n", "\n", "This all leads to this code, yet another implementation of $\\Phi(n)$:" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 4, "id": "394d604a", "metadata": { "scrolled": true }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "@cache\n", "def totient_sum(n):\n", " if n == 1:\n", " return 1\n", "\n", " a = sqrt(n)\n", " b = n / a\n", "\n", " W = (n*(n+1)) // 2\n", " X = floor(b) * totient_sum(floor(a))\n", " Y = sum(euler_phi(x) * (n//x) for x in range(1, floor(a)+1))\n", " Z = sum(totient_sum(n//y) for y in range(2, floor(b)+1))\n", " return W + X - Y - Z" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "e59a4350", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "This approach is significantly faster than the others." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 5, "id": "55f0719b", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "data": { "text/plain": [ "303963552391" ] }, "execution_count": 5, "metadata": {}, "output_type": "execute_result" } ], "source": [ "totient_sum(1000000) - 1" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "1c67d8da", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Relevant sequences\n", "* Cardinalities of Farey sequences: [A005728](https://oeis.org/A005728)\n", "* Partial sums of totient function: [A002088](https://oeis.org/A002088)\n", "\n", "#### Copyright (C) 2025 filifa\n", "\n", "This work is licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) and the [BSD Zero Clause license](https://spdx.org/licenses/0BSD.html)." ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "SageMath 10.8", "language": "sage", "name": "sagemath" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.12.5" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 5 }