Provided by: libmath-planepath-perl_122-1_all 
NAME
Math::PlanePath::DiagonalsOctant -- points in diagonal stripes for an eighth of the plane
SYNOPSIS
use Math::PlanePath::DiagonalsOctant;
my $path = Math::PlanePath::DiagonalsOctant->new;
my ($x, $y) = $path->n_to_xy (123);
DESCRIPTION
This path follows successive diagonals downwards from the Y axis down to the X=Y centre
line, traversing the eighth of the plane on and above X=Y.
8 | 21 27 33 40 47 55 63 72 81
| \ \ \ \ \ \ \
7 | 17 22 28 34 41 48 56 64
| \ \ \ \ \ \
6 | 13 18 23 29 35 42 49
| \ \ \ \ \
5 | 10 14 19 24 30 36
| \ \ \ \
4 | 7 11 15 20 25
| \ \ \
3 | 5 8 12 16
| \ \
2 | 3 6 9
| \
1 | 2 4
|
Y=0 | 1
+ ----------------------------
X=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
N=1,4,9,16,etc on the X=Y leading diagonal are the perfect squares. N=2,6,12,20,etc at
the ends of the other diagonals are the pronic numbers k*(k+1).
Incidentally "octant" usually refers to an eighth of a 3-dimensional coordinate space.
Since "PlanePath" is only 2 dimensions there's no confusion and at the risk of abusing
nomenclature half a quadrant is reckoned as an "octant".
Pyramid Rows
Taking two diagonals running from k^2+1 to (k+1)^2 is the same as a row of the step=2
"PyramidRows" (see Math::PlanePath::PyramidRows). Each endpoint is the same, but here
it's two diagonals instead of one row. For example in the "PyramidRows" the Y=3 row runs
from N=10 to N=16 ending at X=3,Y=3. Here that's in two diagonals N=10 to N=12 and then
N=13 to N=16, and that N=16 endpoint is the same X=3,Y=3.
Direction
Option "direction => 'up'" reverses the order within each diagonal and counts upward from
the centre to the Y axis.
8 | 25 29 34 39 45 51 58 65 73
| \ \ \ \ \ \ \
7 | 20 24 28 33 38 44 50 57
| \ \ \ \ \ \
6 | 16 19 23 27 32 37 43
| \ \ \ \ \
5 | 12 15 18 22 26 31
| \ \ \ \
4 | 9 11 14 17 21 direction => "up"
| \ \ \
3 | 6 8 10 13
| \ \
2 | 4 5 7
| \
1 | 2 3
|
Y=0 | 1
+---------------------------
X=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
In this arrangement N=1,2,4,6,9,etc on the Y axis are alternately the squares and the
pronic numbers. The squares are on even Y and pronic on odd Y.
N Start
The default is to number points starting N=1 as shown above. An optional "n_start" can
give a different start, in the same diagonals sequence. For example to start at 0,
n_start => 0 n_start=>0
direction => "down" direction=>"up"
6 | 12 | 15
5 | 9 13 | 11 14
4 | 6 10 14 | 8 10 13
3 | 4 7 11 15 | 5 7 9 12
2 | 2 5 8 | 3 4 6
1 | 1 3 | 1 2
Y=0 | 0 | 0
+-------------- +--------------
X=0 1 2 3 X=0 1 2 3
FUNCTIONS
See "FUNCTIONS" in Math::PlanePath for behaviour common to all path classes.
"$path = Math::PlanePath::DiagonalsOctant->new ()"
"$path = Math::PlanePath::DiagonalsOctant->new (direction => $str, n_start => $n)"
Create and return a new path object.
"($x,$y) = $path->n_to_xy ($n)"
Return the X,Y coordinates of point number $n on the path.
For "$n < 0.5" the return is an empty list, it being considered the path begins at 1.
"$n = $path->xy_to_n ($x,$y)"
Return the point number for coordinates "$x,$y". $x and $y are each rounded to the
nearest integer, which has the effect of treating each point $n as a square of side 1.
"($n_lo, $n_hi) = $path->rect_to_n_range ($x1,$y1, $x2,$y2)"
The returned range is exact, meaning $n_lo and $n_hi are the smallest and biggest in
the rectangle.
FORMULAS
N to X,Y
To break N into X,Y it's convenient to take two diagonals at a time, since the length then
changes by 1 each pair making a quadratic. Starting at each X=0,Y=odd just after perfect
square N allows just a sqrt.
Nstart = d*d+1
where d numbers diagonal pairs, eg. d=3 for X=0,Y=5 going down. This is easily reversed
as
d = floor sqrt(N-1)
The code reckons the start of the diagonal as 0.5 further back, so that N=9.5 is at
X=-.5,Y=5.5. To do that d is formed as
d = floor sqrt(N-0.5)
= int( sqrt(int(4*$n)-2)/2 )
Taking /2 out of the sqrt helps with "Math::BigInt" which circa Perl 5.14 doesn't inter-
operate with flonums very well.
In any case N-Nstart is an offset into two diagonals, the first of length d many points
and the second d+1. For example d=3 starting Y=5 for points N=10,11,12 followed by Y=6
N=13,14,15,16.
The formulas are simplified by calculating a remainder relative to the second diagonal, so
it's negative for the first and positive for the second,
Nrem = N - (d*(d+1)+1)
d*(d+1)+1 is 1 past the pronic numbers when end each first diagonal, as described above.
In any case for example d=3 is relative to N=13 making Nrem=-3,-2,-1 or Nrem=0,1,2,3.
To include the preceding 0.5 in the second diagonal simply means reckoning Nrem>=-0.5 as
belonging to the second. In that base
if Nrem >= -0.5
X = Nrem # direction="down"
Y = 2*d - Nrem
else
X = Nrem + d
Y = d - Nrem - 1
For example N=15 Nrem=1 is the first case, X=1, Y=2*3-1=5. Or N=11 Nrem=-2 the second
X=-2+3=1, Y=3-(-2)-1=4.
For "up" direction the Nrem and d are the same, but the coordinate directions reverse.
if Nrem >= -0.5
X = d - Nrem # direction="up"
Y = d + Nrem
else
X = -Nrem - 1
Y = 2d + Nrem
Another way is to reckon Nstart from the X=0,Y=even diagonals, which is then two diagonals
of the same length and d formed by a sqrt inverting a pronic Nstart=d*(d+1).
Rectangle to N Range
Within each row increasing X is increasing N, and in each column increasing Y is
increasing N. This is so in both "down" and "up" arrangements. On that basis in a
rectangle the lower left corner is the minimum N and the upper right is the maximum N.
If the rectangle is partly outside the covered octant then the corners must be shifted to
put them in range, ie. trim off any rows or columns entirely outside the rectangle. For
the lower left this means,
| | /
| | /
+-------- if x1 < 0 then x1 = 0
x1 | / increase x1 to within octant
|/
+
| |/
| | if y1 < x1 then y1 = x1
| /| increase y1 to bottom-left within octant
|/ +----y1
+ x1
And for the top right,
| / x2
| ------+ y2 if x2 > y2 then x2 = y2
| / | decrease x2 so top-right within octant
| / | (the end of the y2 row)
|/
+
OEIS
Entries in Sloane's Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences related to this path include
<http://oeis.org/A055087> (etc)
direction=down
A002620 N at end each run X=k,Y=k and X=k,Y=k+1
direction=down, n_start=0
A055087 X coord, runs 0 to k twice
A082375 Y-X, runs k to 0 or 1 stepping by 2
A005563 N on X=Y diagonal, X*(X+2)
direction=up
A002620 N on Y axis, end of each run, quarter squares
direction=up, n_start=0
A024206 N on Y axis (starting from n=1 is Y=0, so Y=n-1)
A014616 N in column X=1 (is Y axis N-1, from N=3)
A002378 N on X=Y diagonal, pronic X*(X+1)
either direction, n_start=0
A055086 X+Y, k repeating floor(k/2)+1 times
A004652 N start and end of each even-numbered diagonal
permutations
A056536 N of PyramidRows in DiagonalsOctant order
A091995 with DiagonalsOctant direction=up
A091018 N-1, ie. starting from 0
A090894 N-1 and DiagonalsOctant direction=up
A056537 N of DiagonalsOctant at X,Y in PyramidRows order
inverse of A056536
SEE ALSO
Math::PlanePath, Math::PlanePath::Diagonals, Math::PlanePath::DiagonalsAlternating,
Math::PlanePath::PyramidRows
HOME PAGE
<http://user42.tuxfamily.org/math-planepath/index.html>
LICENSE
Copyright 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Kevin Ryde
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