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local utf8 = require "utf8" -- FIXME: I don't really like this. Either have a local copy of the files, or remove the functionallity requiring it.
-- Make sure we imported the correct library.
local CAN_USE_SHORTHAND = not not utf8.width
if not CAN_USE_SHORTHAND then utf8.width = function(a) return #a end end
-- Constants
local MAXIMUM_INT = 2^53 -- The maximum double for where all integers can be represented exactly.
local MAXIMUM_ZERO = 10^-7 -- Used when attempting to determine fraction. Anything below is counted as 0.
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-- Util
local function vulgar_fraction (a, b)
-- Returns a string representing the fraction a/b, with unicode characters.
return utf8.superscript(a) .. '' .. utf8.subscript(b)
end
local function is_integer (n)
-- Predicate. Neither +inf, -inf nor nan are integer.
return n == math.floor(n) and n ~= 1/0 and n ~= -1/0
end
local function factorial (n)
-- Returns the factorial of n.
-- That is n! = n * (n-1) * (n-2) * ... * 1
local a = 1
for i = 2, n do a = a * i end
return a
end
local function inverse_factorial (n)
-- Returns the inverse factorial of n.
-- That is some m, where n = m!
local a, i = 1, 1
while a < n do
i = i + 1
a = a * i
end
return (a == n) and i or nil
end
local function calculate_fraction (n)
-- Returns x and y such that x/y = n. If none could be found, returns nil.
local a, b = 1, n % 1
while MAXIMUM_ZERO < b and a <= MAXIMUM_INT do
local r = math.pow(b, -1)
a, b = a * r, r % 1
-- Invariant: n * a / a = n
end
-- Check the values make sense.
local numerator, denumberator = math.floor(n * a), math.floor(a)
if numerator / denumberator == n then
return numerator, denumberator
end
end
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local format_num
local SPECIAL_NUMBER = {
-- x = ∞
{ est = function (...) return ... end,
real = function (a) return math.huge end,
repr = function (a) return '1/0' end,
short = function (a) return '' end,
},
-- a = x
{ est = function (n) return n end,
real = function (a) return a end,
repr = function (a) return ('%i'):format(a) end,
short = function (a) return ('%i'):format(a) end,
},
-- x = a/b
{ est = calculate_fraction,
real = function (a, b) return b ~= 1 and (a/b) end,
repr = function (a, b) return a..'/'..b end,
short = function (a, b) return a..'/'..b end,
},
-- Factorial
{ est = function (n) return inverse_factorial(n) end,
real = function (a) return factorial(a) end,
repr = function (a) return ('fac(%i)'):format(a) end,
short = function (a) return a..'!' end,
},
-- x = 2^a
{ est = function (n) return math.log(n)/math.log(2) end,
real = function (a) return 2^a end,
repr = function (a) return '2^'..a end,
short = function (a) return '2'..utf8.superscript(a) end,
},
-- x = 10^a
{ est = function (n) return math.log(n)/math.log(10) end,
real = function (a) return 10^a end,
repr = function (a) return '10^'..a end,
short = function (a) return '10'..utf8.superscript(a) end,
},
-- x = 1/√a
{ est = function (n) return 1/(n^2) end,
real = function (a) return 1/math.sqrt(a) end,
repr = function (a) return ('1/math.sqrt(%i)'):format(a) end,
short = function (a) return '1/√'..utf8.overline(a) end,
},
-- x = lg a
{ est = function (n) return math.exp(n) end,
real = function (a) return math.log(a) end,
repr = function (a) return ('math.log(%i)'):format(a) end,
short = function (a) return ('lg(%i)'):format(a) end,
},
-- x = ^a
{ est = function (n) return math.log(n) end,
real = function (a) return math.exp(a) end,
repr = function (a) return ('math.exp(%i)'):format(a) end,
short = function (a) return a == 1 and '' or ''..utf8.superscript(a)end,
},
-- x = aπ
{ est = function (n) return n/math.pi end,
real = function (a) return a*math.pi end,
repr = function (a) return a == 1 and 'math.pi' or a..'*math.pi' end,
short = function (a) return (a == 1 and '' or a)..'π' end,
},
-- x = sqrt(a)
{ est = function (n) return n^2 end,
real = function (a) return math.sqrt(a) end,
repr = function (a) return ('math.sqrt(%i)'):format(a) end,
short = function (a) return ''..utf8.overline(a) end,
},
}
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function format_num (n, shorthand)
if n ~= n then return shorthand and 'NaN' or '0/0'
elseif n < 0 then return '-' .. format_num(-n, shorthand)
end
-- Finding the shortest
local shortest, length = nil, math.huge
local function alternative_repr (repr)
local repr_len = utf8.width(repr)
if repr_len < length then shortest, length = repr, repr_len end
end
-- Maybe it's a "special" number?
for _, special_number_tests in pairs(SPECIAL_NUMBER) do
local a = { special_number_tests.est(n) }
if a[1] then
for i = 1, #a do a[i] = math.floor(a[i] + 0.5) end
if n == special_number_tests.real(unpack(a)) then
alternative_repr( special_number_tests[shorthand and 'short' or 'repr'](unpack(a)) )
end
end
end
-- Maybe it's a decimal number?
alternative_repr( tostring(n):gsub('([^e]+)e%+?(%-?)0+', function(a, b) return (a == '1' and '' or a..'*')..'10^'..b end))
-- Well, this is not a pretty number!
return shortest
end
return function (value, depth, l)
assert(type(value) == 'number')
assert(type(depth) == 'number' and type(l) == 'table')
-- TODO: Add support for more relaxed representations.
l[#l+1] = format_num(value, CAN_USE_SHORTHAND and l.options.math_shorthand)
end