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Minkowski's question mark function

Minkowski's question mark function proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Minkowski's question mark function

  1. 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.

Origin of Minkowski's question mark function

Defined by Hermann Minkowski in 1904.

Questions about Minkowski's question mark function

What does Minkowski's question mark function mean?
Minkowski's question mark function means 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.
What part of speech is Minkowski's question mark function?
Minkowski's question mark function is a proper noun.

Words near Minkowski's question mark function in the dictionary

  1. Minkowski spaces
  2. Minkowski spacetime
  3. Minkowski spacetimes
  4. Minkowski's Butterfly
  5. Minkowski's Object
  6. Minkowski's question mark function
  7. Minkowski-Bouligand dimension
  8. Minkowski-Bouligand dimensions
  9. minkowskian
  10. Minkowskis
  11. minks

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