Two Enumerations of the Rationals
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Here are two methods for enumerating the rational numbers. The Calkin–Wilf method starts with corresponding to the binary number 1. If the binary number corresponds to the fraction , then the binary number corresponding to is 0 appended to , and the one corresponding to is 1 appended to . According to this scheme, the Calkin–Wilf enumeration begins with , where semicolons separate the rows of an array.
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Contributed by: Ed Pegg Jr (September 2015)
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