English Explanatory Dictionary

Minkowski's question mark function

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  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.

Word forms

Minkowski's question mark function

Etymology

Defined by Hermann Minkowski in 1904.

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