Beatty sequence
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Beatty sequence
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In mathematics, a Beatty sequence is the sequence of integers found by taking the floor of the positive multiples of a positive irrational number. Beatty sequences are named after Samuel Beatty, who wrote about them in 1926. Rayleigh's theorem, named after Lord Rayleigh, states that the complement of a Beatty sequence, consisting of the positive integers that are not in the sequence, is itself a Beatty sequence generated by a different irrational number. Beatty sequences can also be used to gene
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Integers formed by rounding down the integer multiples of a positive irrational number
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2023-07-31T04:50:59Z
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