From c1d26d0546e0f990f2e30163574c6fdd152065f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: filifa Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 13:29:43 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] add problem 72 --- notebooks/problem0072.ipynb | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+) create mode 100644 notebooks/problem0072.ipynb diff --git a/notebooks/problem0072.ipynb b/notebooks/problem0072.ipynb new file mode 100644 index 0000000..340ef76 --- /dev/null +++ b/notebooks/problem0072.ipynb @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +{ + "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", + "As mentioned before, we'll actually subtract two from this total, since the problem isn't counting 0 or 1." + ] + }, + { + "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": "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)" + ] + } + ], + "metadata": { + "kernelspec": { + "display_name": "SageMath 9.5", + "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": "3.11.2" + } + }, + "nbformat": 4, + "nbformat_minor": 5 +}