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Mediant


Given a Farey sequence with consecutive terms h/k and h^'/k^', then the mediant is defined as the reduced form of the fraction (h+h^')/(k+k^').


See also

Farey Sequence

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References

Conway, J. H. and Guy, R. K. "Farey Fractions and Ford Circles." The Book of Numbers. New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 152-154, 1996.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Mediant." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Mediant.html

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