Provided by: libmath-planepath-perl_122-1_all 
NAME
Math::PlanePath::PyramidRows -- points stacked up in a pyramid
SYNOPSIS
use Math::PlanePath::PyramidRows;
my $path = Math::PlanePath::PyramidRows->new;
my ($x, $y) = $path->n_to_xy (123);
DESCRIPTION
This path arranges points in successively wider rows going upwards so as to form an
upside-down pyramid. The default step is 2, ie. each row 2 wider than the preceding, an
extra point at the left and the right,
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 4
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3
5 6 7 8 9 2
2 3 4 1
1 <- Y=0
-4 -3 -2 -1 X=0 1 2 3 4 ...
The right end N=1,4,9,16,etc is the perfect squares. The vertical 2,6,12,20,etc at x=-1
is the pronic numbers s*(s+1), half way between those successive squares.
The step 2 is the same as the "PyramidSides", "Corner" and "SacksSpiral" paths. For the
"SacksSpiral", spiral arms going to the right correspond to diagonals in the pyramid, and
arms to the left correspond to verticals.
Step Parameter
A "step" parameter controls how much wider each row is than the preceding, to make wider
pyramids. For example step 4
my $path = Math::PlanePath::PyramidRows->new (step => 4);
makes each row 2 wider on each side successively
29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 4
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2
2 3 4 5 6 1
1 <- Y=0
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 X=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...
If the step is an odd number then the extra is at the right, so step 3 gives
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 3
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2
2 3 4 5 1
1 <- Y=0
-3 -2 -1 X=0 1 2 3 4 ...
Or step 1 goes solely to the right. This is equivalent to the Diagonals path, but columns
shifted up to make horizontal rows.
step => 1
11 12 13 14 15 4
7 8 9 10 3
4 5 6 2
2 3 1
1 <- Y=0
X=0 1 2 3 4 ...
Step 0 means simply a vertical, each row 1 wide and not increasing. This is unlikely to
be much use. The Rows path with "width" 1 does this too.
step => 0
5 4
4 3
3 2
2 1
1 <-y=0
X=0
Various number sequences fall in regular patterns positions depending on the step. Large
steps are not particularly interesting and quickly become very wide. A limit might be
desirable in a user interface, but there's no limit in the code as such.
Align Parameter
An optional "align" parameter controls how the points are arranged relative to the Y axis.
The default shown above is "centre".
"right" means points to the right of the axis,
align=>"right"
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 5
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 4
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3
5 6 7 8 9 2
2 3 4 1
1 <- Y=0
X=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
"left" is similar but to the left of the Y axis, ie. into negative X.
align=>"left"
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 5
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 4
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3
5 6 7 8 9 2
2 3 4 1
1 <- Y=0
-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 X=0
The step parameter still controls how much longer each row is than its predecessor.
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 rows sequence. For example to start at 0,
n_start => 0
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 4
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 3
4 5 6 7 8 2
1 2 3 1
0 <- Y=0
--------------------------
-4 -3 -2 -1 X=0 1 2 3 4
Step 3 Pentagonals
For step=3 the pentagonal numbers 1,5,12,22,etc, P(k) = (3k-1)*k/2, are at the rightmost
end of each row. The second pentagonal numbers 2,7,15,26, S(k) = (3k+1)*k/2 are the
vertical at x=-1. Those second numbers are obtained by P(-k), and the two together are
the "generalized pentagonal numbers".
Both these sequences are composites from 12 and 15 onwards, respectively, and the
immediately preceding P(k)-1, P(k)-2, and S(k)-1, S(k)-2 are too. They factorize simply
as
P(k) = (3*k-1)*k/2
P(k)-1 = (3*k+2)*(k-1)/2
P(k)-2 = (3*k-4)*(k-1)/2
S(k) = (3*k+1)*k/2
S(k)-1 = (3*k-2)*(k+1)/2
S(k)-2 = (3*k+4)*(k-1)/2
Plotting the primes on a step=3 "PyramidRows" has the second pentagonal S(k),S(k)-1,S(k)-2
as a 3-wide vertical gap of no primes at X=-1,-2,-3. The the plain pentagonal
P(k),P(k-1),P(k)-2 are the endmost three N of each row non-prime. The vertical is much
more noticeable in a plot.
no primes these three columns no primes these end three
except the low 2,7,13 except low 3,5,11
| | | / / /
52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2 3 4 5
1
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 X=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
With align="left" the end values can be put into columns,
no primes these end three
align => "left" except low 3,5,11
| | |
36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 5
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 4
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 3
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2
2 3 4 5 1
1 <- Y=0
... -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 X=0
In general a constant offset S(k)-c is a column and from P(k)-c is a diagonal sloping up
dX=2,dY=1 right. The simple factorizations above using the roots of the quadratic P(k)-c
or S(k)-c is possible whenever 24*c+1 is a perfect square. This means the further columns
S(k)-5, S(k)-7, S(k)-12, etc also have no primes.
The columns S(k), S(k)-1, S(k)-2 are prominent because they're adjacent. There's no other
adjacent columns of this type because the squares after 49 are too far apart for 24*c+1 to
be a square for successive c. Of course there could be other reasons for other columns or
diagonals to have few or many primes.
FUNCTIONS
See "FUNCTIONS" in Math::PlanePath for behaviour common to all path classes.
"$path = Math::PlanePath::PyramidRows->new ()"
"$path = Math::PlanePath::PyramidRows->new (step => $integer, align => $str, n_start =>
$n)"
Create and return a new path object. The default "step" is 2. "align" is a string,
one of
"centre" the default
"right" points aligned right of the Y axis
"left" points aligned left of the Y axis
Points are always numbered from left to right in the rows, the alignment changes where
each row begins (or ends).
"($x,$y) = $path->n_to_xy ($n)"
Return the X,Y coordinates of point number $n on the path.
For "$n <= 0" the return is an empty list since the path starts at N=1.
"$n = $path->xy_to_n ($x,$y)"
Return the point number for coordinates "$x,$y". $x and $y are each rounded to the
nearest integer, which has the effect of treating each point in the pyramid as a
square of side 1. If "$x,$y" is outside the pyramid the return is "undef".
"($n_lo, $n_hi) = $path->rect_to_n_range ($x1,$y1, $x2,$y2)"
The returned range is exact, meaning $n_lo and $n_hi are the smallest and biggest in
the rectangle.
Descriptive Methods
"$x = $path->sumxy_minimum()"
"$x = $path->sumxy_maximum()"
Return the minimum or maximum values taken by coordinate sum X+Y reached by integer N
values in the path. If there's no minimum or maximum then return "undef".
The path is right and above the X=-Y diagonal, thus giving a minimum sum, in the
following cases.
align condition for sumxy_minimum=0
------ -----------------------------
centre step <= 3
right always
left step <= 1
"$x = $path->diffxy_minimum()"
"$x = $path->diffxy_maximum()"
Return the minimum or maximum values taken by coordinate difference X-Y reached by
integer N values in the path. If there's no minimum or maximum then return "undef".
The path is left and above the X=Y leading diagonal, thus giving a minimum X-Y
difference, in the following cases.
align condition for diffxy_minimum=0
------ -----------------------------
centre step <= 2
right step <= 1
left always
OEIS
Entries in Sloane's Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences related to this path include
<http://oeis.org/A023531> (etc)
step=1
A002262 X coordinate, runs 0 to k
A003056 Y coordinate, k repeated k+1 times
A051162 X+Y sum
A025581 Y-X diff, runs k to 0
A079904 X*Y product
A069011 X^2+Y^2, n_to_rsquared()
A080099 X bitwise-AND Y
A080098 X bitwise-OR Y
A051933 X bitwise-XOR Y
A050873 GCD(X+1,Y+1) greatest common divisor by rows
A051173 LCM(X+1,Y+1) least common multiple by rows
A023531 dY, being 1 at triangular numbers (but starting n=0)
A167407 dX-dY, change in X-Y (extra initial 0)
A129184 turn 1=left, 0=right or straight
A079824 N total along each opposite diagonal
A000124 N on Y axis (triangular+1)
A000217 N on X=Y diagonal, extra initial 0
step=1, n_start=0
A109004 GCD(X,Y) greatest common divisor starting (0,0)
A103451 turn 1=left or right,0=straight, but extra initial 1
A103452 turn 1=left,0=straight,-1=right, but extra initial 1
step=2
A196199 X coordinate, runs -n to +n
A000196 Y coordinate, n appears 2n+1 times
A053186 X+Y, being distance to next higher square
A010052 dY, being 1 at perfect square row end
A000290 N on X=Y diagonal, extra initial 0
A002522 N on X=-Y North-West diagonal (start row), Y^2+1
A004201 N for which X>=0, ie. right hand half
A020703 permutation N at -X,Y
step=2, n_start=0
A005563 N on X=Y diagonal, Y*(Y+2)
A000290 N on X=-Y North-West diagonal (start row), Y^2
step=2, n_start=2
A059100 N on north-west diagonal (start each row), Y^2+2
A053615 abs(X), runs k..0..k
step=2, align=right, n_start=0
A196199 X-Y, runs -k to +k
A053615 abs(X-Y), runs k..0..k
step=2, align=left, n_start=0
A005563 N on Y axis, Y*(Y+2)
step=3
A180447 Y coordinate, n appears 3n+1 times
A104249 N on Y axis, Y*(3Y+1)/2+1
A143689 N on X=-Y North-West diagonal
step=3, n_start=0
A005449 N on Y axis, second pentagonals Y*(3Y+1)/2
A000326 N on diagonal north-west, pentagonals Y*(3Y-1)/2
step=4
A084849 N on Y axis
A001844 N on X=Y diagonal (North-East)
A058331 N on X=-Y North-West diagonal
A221217 permutation N at -X,Y
step=4, n_start=0
A014105 N on Y axis, the second hexagonal numbers
A046092 N on X=Y diagonal, 4*triangular numbers
step=4, align=right, n_start=0
A060511 X coordinate, amount n exceeds hexagonal number
A000384 N on Y axis, the hexagonal numbers
A001105 N on X=Y diagonal, 2*squares
step=5
A116668 N on Y axis
step=6
A056108 N on Y axis
A056109 N on X=Y diagonal (North-East)
A056107 N on X=-Y North-West diagonal
step=8
A053755 N on X=-Y North-West diagonal
step=9
A006137 N on Y axis
A038764 N on X=Y diagonal (North-East)
SEE ALSO
Math::PlanePath, Math::PlanePath::PyramidSides, Math::PlanePath::Corner,
Math::PlanePath::SacksSpiral, Math::PlanePath::MultipleRings
Math::PlanePath::Diagonals, Math::PlanePath::DiagonalsOctant, Math::PlanePath::Rows
HOME PAGE
<http://user42.tuxfamily.org/math-planepath/index.html>
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