May 20, 2010
This paper describes a simple method for estimating lower bounds on the number of classes of equivalence for a special kind of integer sequences, called division sequences. The method is based on adding group structure to classes of equivalence and studying properties of resulting groups as presentations of free group.
August 23, 2002
This paper presents mathematics as a general science of computation in a way different from the tradition. It is based on the radical philosophical standpoint according to which the content, meaning and justification of experience lies in its precise formulation. The requirement on precise, formal content discloses the relational structure of (mathematical) experience, and gives a new meaning to the `ideal' objects beyond concrete forms. The paper also provides a systematic r...
October 30, 2014
The present work has been designed for students in secondary school and their teachers in mathematics. We will show how with the help of our knowledge of number systems we can solve problems from other fields of mathematics for example in combinatorial analysis and most of all when proving some combinatorial identities. To demonstrate discussed in this article method we have chosen several suitable mathematical tasks.
November 9, 2021
Integer iteration rules such as n |-> {a n + b, c n +d} are studied as minimal examples of the general process of multicomputation. Despite the simplicity of such rules, their multiway graphs can be complex, exhibiting, for example, emergent geometry and difficult questions of confluence. Generalizations to rules involving non-integers and other functions are also considered. Connections with physics and with various number-theoretic and other questions are made.
January 20, 2021
In this paper, we use a simple discrete dynamical model to study partitions of integers into powers of another integer. We extend and generalize some known results about their enumeration and counting, and we give new structural results. In particular, we show that the set of these partitions can be ordered in a natural way which gives the distributive lattice structure to this set. We also give a tree structure which allow efficient and simple enumeration of the partitions o...
January 22, 2025
We discuss the functional lazy techniques in generation and handling of arbitrarily long sequences of derivatives of numerical expressions in one ``variable''; the domain to which the paper belongs is usually nicknamed ``Automatic differentiation''. Two models thereof are considered, the chains of ``pure'' derivatives, and the infinite power series, similar, but algorithmically a bit different. We deal with their arithmetic/algebra, and with more convoluted procedures, such a...
April 30, 2012
Consider a nested, non-homogeneous recursion R(n) defined by R(n) = \sum_{i=1}^k R(n-s_i-\sum_{j=1}^{p_i} R(n-a_ij)) + nu, with c initial conditions R(1) = xi_1 > 0,R(2)=xi_2 > 0, ..., R(c)=xi_c > 0, where the parameters are integers satisfying k > 0, p_i > 0 and a_ij > 0. We develop an algorithm to answer the following question: for an arbitrary rational number r/q, is there any set of values for k, p_i, s_i, a_ij and nu such that the ceiling function ceiling{rn/q} is the un...
September 16, 2020
Zeckendorf's theorem states that every positive integer can be written uniquely as the sum of non-consecutive shifted Fibonacci numbers $\{F_n\}$, where we take $F_1=1$ and $F_2=2$. This has been generalized for any Positive Linear Recurrence Sequence (PLRS), which informally is a sequence satisfying a homogeneous linear recurrence with a positive leading coefficient and non-negative integer coefficients. In this and the preceding paper we provide two approaches to investigat...
March 14, 2012
A new computational methodology for executing calculations with infinite and infinitesimal quantities is described in this paper. It is based on the principle `The part is less than the whole' introduced by Ancient Greeks and applied to all numbers (finite, infinite, and infinitesimal) and to all sets and processes (finite and infinite). It is shown that it becomes possible to write down finite, infinite, and infinitesimal numbers by a finite number of symbols as particular c...
November 14, 2022
Over the course of the last 50 years, many questions in the field of computability were left surprisingly unanswered. One example is the question of $P$ vs $NP\cap co-NP$. It could be phrased in loose terms as "If a person has the ability to verify a proof and a disproof to a problem, does this person know a solution to that problem?". When talking about people, one can of course see that the question depends on the knowledge the specific person has on this problem. Our mai...