Minkowski's question mark function

name

Etymology

Defined by Hermann Minkowski in 1904.

Definitions

  1. A function, denoted ?(x), with unusual fractal properties, mapping quadratic irrational…

    A function, denoted ?(x), with unusual fractal properties, mapping quadratic irrational numbers to rational numbers on the unit interval, via an expression relating the continued fraction expansions of the quadratics to the binary expansions of the rationals.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Minkowski's question mark function. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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