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minkowski's question mark function

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
minkowski's ques-tion -mark -func-tion
IPA
63
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

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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.

Etymology

Defined by Hermann Minkowski in 1904.

Questions

What does minkowski's question mark function mean?
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.
Where does minkowski's question mark function come from?
Defined by Hermann Minkowski in 1904.

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