File:Rational coords ordering.gif

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Animation showing one possible ordering of rational 2D coordinates.

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English: This is an animation I made which shows one possible ordering of all infinitely many 2D rational coordinates (first 1000 coordinates are shown). If we take the traditional ordering of rational numbers (i.e. 0, 1, 1/2, 2, 3, 1/3, 1/4, ...) and index them as C0, C1, C2, C3, ... we can order pairs of these indices the same way to get ordered coordinates, i.e. [C1,C1], [C1, C2], [C2,C1], [C3,C1], [C2,C2] etc. The animation was made with C, libcairo and GIMP. I release it to the public domain under CC0 1.0.
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Author Drummyfish
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/* Generates animation of ordering rational 2D coordinates. By drummyfish,
  released under CC0 1.0, public domain. */

#include <cairo.h>

#define W 512
#define H 512
#define S 10.0         // scale
#define LW 0.1         // line width
#define C1 0.5,0.5,0.5 // color 1
#define C2 1.0,0,0
#define C3 0.7,0.7,0.8
#define N 20           // number of coords to plot

cairo_surface_t *s;
cairo_t *c;

int isSimplified(int nom, int den)
{
  int divisor = 2;

  while (divisor <= nom && divisor <= den)
  {
    if (nom % divisor == 0 && den % divisor == 0)
      return 0;

    divisor++;
  }

  return 1;
}

void nThPair(int n, int *a, int *b, int skipSimplified)
{
  *a = 0;
  *b = 1;

  if (n == 0)
    return;

  n--;

  int state = 0;

  *a = 1;
  
  while (n > 0)
  {
    switch (state)
    {
      case 0: (*a)++; state = 1; break;
      case 1:
        (*a)--;
        (*b)++; 

        if (*a == 1)
          state = 2;

        break;
      case 2: (*b)++; state = 3; break;
      case 3:
        (*a)++;
        (*b)--; 

        if (*b == 1)
          state = 0;
        break;

      default: break;
    }

    if (!skipSimplified || isSimplified(*a,*b))
      n--;
  }
}

void nThRational(int n, int *nom, int *den)
{
  nThPair(n,nom,den,1);
}

void nThCoord(int n, int *xNom, int *xDen, int *yNom, int *yDen)
{
  int a, b;

  nThPair(n + 1,&a,&b,0);

  nThRational(a - 1,xNom,xDen);
  nThRational(b - 1,yNom,yDen);
}

void line(double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2, double w,
  double r, double g, double b)
{
  cairo_set_operator(c,CAIRO_OPERATOR_DARKEN);
  cairo_set_source_rgb(c,r,g,b);
  cairo_set_line_width(c,w);
  cairo_move_to(c,x1,S - y1);
  cairo_line_to(c,x2,S - y2);
  cairo_stroke(c);
  cairo_set_operator(c,CAIRO_OPERATOR_OVER);
}

void point(double x, double y, double rad, double r, double g, double b)
{
  cairo_set_source_rgb(c,r,g,b);
  cairo_arc(c,x,S - y,rad,0,2 * 3.1415);
  cairo_fill(c);
}

int main(void)
{

  s = cairo_image_surface_create(CAIRO_FORMAT_RGB24,W,H);
  c = cairo_create(s);

  cairo_scale(c,W / S,H / S);

  cairo_set_source_rgb(c, 1, 1, 1);
  cairo_paint(c);

  line(0,0,0,S,LW,C1);
  line(0,0,S,0,LW,C1);

  for (int i = 0; i < S; ++i)
  {
    line(i,0,i,0.2,LW,C1);
    line(0,i,0.2,i,LW,C1); 
  }

  double xPrev = 0, yPrev = 0;

  for (int i = 0; i < 1000; ++i)
  {
    char fileName[] = "frames/frame0000.png";   
 
    fileName[12] += (i / 1000) % 10;
    fileName[13] += (i / 100) % 10;
    fileName[14] += (i / 10) % 10;
    fileName[15] += i % 10;

    cairo_surface_write_to_png(s,fileName);

    int x1, y1, x2, y2;

    nThCoord(i,&x1,&y1,&x2,&y2);

    double x = ((double) x1) / ((double) y1),
      y = ((double) x2) / ((double) y2);
 

    line(xPrev,yPrev,x,y,LW / 4,C3);

    point(xPrev,yPrev,0.05,C2);
    point(x,y,0.05,C2);

    xPrev = x;
    yPrev = y;
  }

  cairo_destroy(c);
  cairo_surface_destroy(s);

  return 0;
}

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I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
Creative Commons CC-Zero This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

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