Math::PlanePath::CornerReplicate(3) replicating U parts

SYNOPSIS


use Math::PlanePath::CornerReplicate;
my $path = Math::PlanePath::CornerReplicate->new;
my ($x, $y) = $path->n_to_xy (123);

DESCRIPTION

This path is a self-similar replicating corner fill with 2x2 blocks. It's sometimes called a ``U order'' since the base N=0 to N=3 is like a ``U'' (sideways).

     7  | 63--62  59--58  47--46  43--42
        |      |       |       |       |
     6  | 60--61  56--57  44--45  40--41
        |          |               |
     5  | 51--50  55--54  35--34  39--38
        |      |       |       |       |
     4  | 48--49  52--53  32--33  36--37
        |                  |
     3  | 15--14  11--10  31--30  27--26
        |      |       |       |       |
     2  | 12--13   8-- 9  28--29  24--25
        |          |               |
     1  |  3-- 2   7-- 6  19--18  23--22
        |      |       |       |       |
    Y=0 |  0-- 1   4-- 5  16--17  20--21
        +--------------------------------
          X=0  1   2   3   4   5   6   7

The pattern is the initial N=0 to N=3 section,

    +-------+-------+
    |       |       |
    |   3   |   2   |
    |       |       |
    +-------+-------+
    |       |       |
    |   0   |   1   |
    |       |       |
    +-------+-------+

It repeats as 2x2 blocks arranged in the same pattern, then 4x4 blocks, etc. There's no rotations or reflections within sub-parts.

X axis N=0,1,4,5,16,17,etc is all the integers which use only digits 0 and 1 in base 4. For example N=17 is 101 in base 4.

Y axis N=0,3,12,15,48,etc is all the integers which use only digits 0 and 3 in base 4. For example N=51 is 303 in base 4.

The X=Y diagonal N=0,2,8,10,32,34,etc is all the integers which use only digits 0 and 2 in base 4.

The X axis is the same as the "ZOrderCurve". The Y axis here is the X=Y diagonal of the "ZOrderCurve", and conversely the X=Y diagonal here is the Y axis of the "ZOrderCurve".

The N value at a given X,Y is converted to or from the "ZOrderCurve" by transforming base-4 digit values 2<->3. This can be done by a bitwise ``X xor Y''. When Y has a 1-bit the xor swaps 2<->3 in N.

    ZOrder X  = CRep X xor CRep Y
    ZOrder Y  = CRep Y
    CRep X  = ZOrder X xor ZOrder Y
    CRep Y  = ZOrder Y

Level Ranges

A given replication extends to

    Nlevel = 4^level - 1
    0 <= X < 2^level
    0 <= Y < 2^level

Hamming Distance

The Hamming distance between two integers X and Y is the number of bit positions where the two values differ when written in binary. In this corner replicate each bit-pair of N becomes a bit of X and a bit of Y,

       N      X   Y
    ------   --- ---
    0 = 00    0   0
    1 = 01    1   0     <- difference 1 bit
    2 = 10    1   1
    3 = 11    0   1     <- difference 1 bit

So the Hamming distance is the number of base4 bit-pairs of N which are 01 or 11. Counting bit positions from 0 for the least significant bit then this is the 1-bits in even positions,

    HammingDist(X,Y) = count 1-bits at even bit positions in N

FUNCTIONS

See ``FUNCTIONS'' in Math::PlanePath for behaviour common to all path classes.
"$path = Math::PlanePath::CornerReplicate->new ()"
Create and return a new path object.
"($x,$y) = $path->n_to_xy ($n)"
Return the X,Y coordinates of point number $n on the path. Points begin at 0 and if "$n < 0" then the return is an empty list.
"($n_lo, $n_hi) = $path->rect_to_n_range ($x1,$y1, $x2,$y2)"
The returned range is exact, meaning $n_lo and $n_hi are the smallest and biggest in the rectangle.

Level Methods

"($n_lo, $n_hi) = $path->level_to_n_range($level)"
Return "(0, 4**$level - 1)".

FORMULAS

N to dX,dY

The change dX,dY is given by N in base 4 count trailing 3s and the digit above those trailing 3s.

    N = ...[d]333...333      base 4
              \--exp--/

When N to N+1 crosses between 4^k blocks it goes as follows. Within a block the pattern is the same, since there's no rotations or transposes etc.

    N, N+1        X      Y        dX       dY       dSum     dDiffXY
    --------   -----  -------   -----  --------    ------    -------
    033..33       0    2^k-1      2^k  -(2^k-1)        +1    2*2^k-1
    100..00      2^k       0  
    133..33      2^k    2^k-1       0       +1         +1       -1
    200..00      2^k    2^k     
    133..33      2^k  2*2^k-1    -2^k     1-2^k   -(2^k-1)      -1
    200..00       0     2^k 
    133..33       0   2*2^k-1   2*2^k -(2*2^k-1)       +1    4*2^k-1
    200..00    2*2^k      0

It can be noted dSum=dX+dY the change in X+Y is at most +1, taking values 1, -1, -3, -7, -15, etc. The crossing from block 2 to 3 drops back, such as at N=47=``233'' to N=48=``300''. Everywhere else it advances by +1 anti-diagonal.

The difference dDiffXY=dX-dY the change in X-Y decreases at most -1, taking similar values -1, 1, 3, 7, 15, etc but in a different order to dSum.

OEIS

This path is in Sloane's Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences as

<http://oeis.org/A000695> (etc)

    A059906    Y coordinate
    A059905    X xor Y, being ZOrderCurve X
    A139351    HammingDist(X,Y), count 1-bits at even positions in N
    A000695    N on X axis, base 4 digits 0,1 only
    A001196    N on Y axis, base 4 digits 0,3 only
    A062880    N on diagonal, base 4 digits 0,2 only
    A163241    permutation base-4 flip 2<->3,
                 converts N to ZOrderCurve N, and back
    A048647    permutation N at transpose Y,X
                 base4 digits 1<->3

LICENSE

Copyright 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Kevin Ryde

This file is part of Math-PlanePath.

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