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import Data.List (iterate) | |
import Data.Ratio | |
unfold :: (a -> Bool) -> (a -> b) -> (a -> a) -> a -> [b] | |
unfold stop mapper next seed | |
= map mapper $ takeWhile (not . stop) $ iterate next seed | |
type UnitFraction = [Rational] | |
unit :: Rational -> UnitFraction | |
unit rat = unfold (== 0) (recip . ceiling' . recip) next rat | |
where next frac = ((- d) `mod` n) % (d * (ceiling (recip frac))) | |
where n = numerator frac | |
d = denominator frac | |
ceiling' = fromIntegral . ceiling | |
egypt :: Rational -> UnitFraction | |
egypt rat | 0 <= rat && rat <= 1 = unit rat | |
vulgar :: UnitFraction -> Rational | |
vulgar us = foldr (+) 0 us -- i.e. sum | |
tests = and [(4 % 5) === [2,4,20], | |
(9 % 31) === [4,25,3100], | |
(21 % 50) === [3,12,300], | |
(1023 % 1024) === [2,3,7,44,9462,373029888]] | |
where x === ys = egypt x == (map recip ys) | |
tests2 = and (map sane [(7 % 9), 1, 0, (1 % 2), (2 % 5)]) | |
where sane x = x == vulgar (egypt x) |
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