// (c) 2020 Aaron Taylor // See LICENSE.txt file for copyright and license details. package main import ( "flag" "fmt" "log" ) // ============================================================================= // This program recognizes four types of numbers: // - Surreal symbols, like those generated by Axiom 1. // - Surreal numbers, like those selected by Axiom 2. // - Reduced form numbers, per Definition 7. // - Named form numbers, which are the equivalence classes induced by // Definition 6, represented by the first representative reduced // form number encountered at runtime. // // Although the surrealNumber type can represent any of these four types of // numbers, the surrealUniverse contains only named form numbers. // // All equality tests (e.g. eq, geq, leq) in this program actually test for // similarity per Definition 6. // ============================================================================= type surrealUniverse struct { // The elements in this slice are stored in order according to Axiom 3. // Thus, numbers[0] < numbers[1] < ... < numbers[n]. numbers []surrealNumber nextUniqueID uint } func (u *surrealUniverse) getIndex(num surrealNumber) int { for i := 0; i < len(u.numbers); i++ { if num.identifier == u.numbers[i].identifier { return i } } return -1 // This should be unreachable. } func (u *surrealUniverse) cardinality() int { return len(u.numbers) } func (u *surrealUniverse) insert(num surrealNumber) { // Before we can insert a number into the universe, we must first determine // if it is newly discovered. We do this by looking at its ancestors, all // guaranteed to be on the number line by construction, finding three // cases: // // 1. There are zero ancestors. // We have rediscovered 0 and can abort the insertion unless creating // a brand new universe. // // 2. There is one ancestor. // If the number extends the number line, it is new, otherwise it will // be similar to a form with two ancestors and should be ignored since // the two ancestor form is a better visual representation. // // 3. There are two ancestors. // The number is only new if both ancestors are side-by-side on the // number line. ancestorCount := num.leftSet.cardinality() + num.rightSet.cardinality() switch ancestorCount { case 0: if u.cardinality() == 0 { num.identifier = u.nextUniqueID u.nextUniqueID++ u.numbers = append(u.numbers, num) } case 1: if num.leftSet.cardinality() == 1{ index := u.getIndex(num.leftSet.members[0]) num.identifier = u.nextUniqueID u.nextUniqueID++ if index+1 == u.cardinality() { u.numbers = append(u.numbers, num) } } else { index := u.getIndex(num.rightSet.members[0]) num.identifier = u.nextUniqueID u.nextUniqueID++ if index == 0 { u.numbers = append(u.numbers[:1], u.numbers...) u.numbers[0] = num } } case 2: leftIndex := u.getIndex(num.leftSet.members[0]) rightIndex := u.getIndex(num.rightSet.members[0]) if leftIndex+1 == rightIndex { num.identifier = u.nextUniqueID u.nextUniqueID++ u.numbers = append(u.numbers[:rightIndex+1], u.numbers[rightIndex:]...) u.numbers[rightIndex] = num } } } // ============================================================================= // Note: The following comparison functions apply only to numbers already in // the universe, not to new numbers constructed from the universe. To // determine where a (potentially) new number goes, first insert it into the // universe. // This function implements Axiom 3 and is the root of all other comparisons. func (u *surrealUniverse) isRelated(numA, numB surrealNumber) bool { // By construction, no number in this program will ever have more than one // element in its right or left sets, nor will those elements be of a form // other than that 'registered' with the universe. That allows direct // comparisons using the surrealNumber.identifier field via u.getIndex(). // --------------------------------- // First we implement the check "no member of the first number's left set // is greater than or equal to the second number". if numA.leftSet.cardinality() == 1 { if u.getIndex(numA.leftSet.members[0]) >= u.getIndex(numB) { return false } } // Now we implement the check "no member of the second number's right set // is less than or equal to the first number". if numB.rightSet.cardinality() == 1 { if u.getIndex(numB.rightSet.members[0]) <= u.getIndex(numA) { return false } } return true } func (u *surrealUniverse) isSimilar(numA, numB surrealNumber) bool { if u.isRelated(numA, numB) && u.isRelated(numB, numA) { return true } return false } func (u *surrealUniverse) equal(left, right surrealNumber) bool { return u.isSimilar(left, right) } func (u *surrealUniverse) lessThanOrEqual(left, right surrealNumber) bool { return u.isRelated(left, right) } func (u *surrealUniverse) lessThan(left, right surrealNumber) bool { return u.lessThanOrEqual(left, right) && !u.equal(left, right) } func (u *surrealUniverse) greaterThanOrEqual(left, right surrealNumber) bool { return !u.lessThan(left, right) } func (u *surrealUniverse) greaterThan(left, right surrealNumber) bool { return !u.isRelated(left, right) } // ============================================================================= type surrealNumber struct { leftSet surrealSet rightSet surrealSet identifier uint generation int } type surrealSet struct { members []surrealNumber } func (s *surrealSet) isMember(num surrealNumber, u surrealUniverse) bool { for i := 0; i < len(s.members); i++ { if u.equal(num, s.members[i]) { return true } } return false } func (s *surrealSet) cardinality() int { return len(s.members) } func (s *surrealSet) insert(num surrealNumber, u surrealUniverse) { if !s.isMember(num, u) { s.members = append(s.members, num) } } func (s *surrealSet) remove(num surrealNumber, u surrealUniverse) { for i := 0; i < len(s.members); i++ { if u.equal(num, s.members[i]) { s.members[i] = s.members[len(s.members)-1] s.members = s.members[:len(s.members)-1] } } } // ============================================================================= func main() { // Obtain termination conditions from user. totalGenerations := flag.Int("generations", 2, "Number of generations of surreal numbers to breed.") flag.Parse() if *totalGenerations < 1 { log.Fatal("ERROR: The argument to '-generations' must be greater than zero.") } remainingGenerations := *totalGenerations - 1 // Build a universe to contain all the surreal numbers we breed. // Seed it by hand with the number zero as generation-0. var universe surrealUniverse universe.nextUniqueID = 0 universe.insert(surrealNumber{surrealSet{}, surrealSet{}, 0, 0}) // Breed however many generations of numbers were requested by the user and // add them all to the universe. for generation := 1; generation <= remainingGenerations; generation++ { // First generate all possible reduced form symbols per Axiom 1. potentialNumbers := permuteExistingNumbers(generation, universe) // Now prune out any symbols which are NOT valid numbers per Axiom 2. validNumbers := pruneInvalidNumbers(potentialNumbers, universe) // Attempt to add the new numbers to the universe. Any duplicates will // be weeded out in the attempt. addNumbersToUniverse(validNumbers, &universe) } // Print the number line with generation on the horizontal axis and // magnitude on the vertical axis. for i := 0; i < universe.cardinality(); i++ { printlnNumber(universe.numbers[i]) } fmt.Println("After", *totalGenerations, "generations, the universe contains", len(universe.numbers), "numbers.") fmt.Println("If output looks poor, ensure tabstop is eight spaces and that output doesn't wrap.") } // ============================================================================= // We will only build permutations with 0 or 1 elements in each of the left and // right sets. This covers all the reduced form permutations. Any longer // permutations will be similar to one of the reduced forms. func permuteExistingNumbers(generation int, universe surrealUniverse) []surrealNumber { var numbers []surrealNumber // First build permutations with 1 element in each set. for i := 0; i < universe.cardinality(); i++ { for j := 0; j < universe.cardinality(); j++ { var leftSet, rightSet surrealSet leftSet.insert(universe.numbers[i], universe) rightSet.insert(universe.numbers[j], universe) newSurrealNumber := surrealNumber{leftSet,rightSet,0,generation} numbers = append(numbers, newSurrealNumber) } } // Now build permutations with one empty set and one 1-element set. for i := 0; i < universe.cardinality(); i++ { var tempSet surrealSet tempSet.insert(universe.numbers[i], universe) newSurrealNumber := surrealNumber{tempSet,surrealSet{},0,generation} numbers = append(numbers, newSurrealNumber) newSurrealNumber = surrealNumber{surrealSet{},tempSet,0,generation} numbers = append(numbers, newSurrealNumber) } return numbers } func pruneInvalidNumbers(candidates []surrealNumber, universe surrealUniverse) []surrealNumber { var numbers []surrealNumber for i := 0; i < len(candidates); i++ { if isValidSurrealNumber(candidates[i], universe) { numbers = append(numbers, candidates[i]) } } return numbers } // Although a non-reduced-form number is technically valid, for the purposes of // this program we're declaring it invalid. func isValidSurrealNumber(candidate surrealNumber, universe surrealUniverse) bool { // Is the number in reduced form? if candidate.leftSet.cardinality() > 1 || candidate.rightSet.cardinality() > 1 { return false } // Is the number valid per Axiom 2? if candidate.leftSet.cardinality() != 0 && candidate.rightSet.cardinality() != 0 { for i := 0; i < candidate.leftSet.cardinality(); i++ { for j := 0; j < candidate.leftSet.cardinality(); j++ { // Since candidates are drawn from the universe, this comparison is allowed. if universe.greaterThanOrEqual(candidate.leftSet.members[i], candidate.rightSet.members[j]) { return false } } } } return true } func addNumbersToUniverse(numbers []surrealNumber, universe *surrealUniverse) { for i := 0; i < len(numbers); i++ { universe.insert(numbers[i]) } } // Pretty print a number, indenting to indicate generation. func printlnNumber(num surrealNumber) { for i := 0; i < num.generation; i++ { fmt.Printf(".\t\t") } fmt.Printf("%s = ", toBase26(num.identifier)) fmt.Printf("<") if num.leftSet.cardinality() == 0 { fmt.Printf("---") } else { fmt.Printf("%s", toBase26(num.leftSet.members[0].identifier)) } fmt.Printf("|") if num.rightSet.cardinality() == 0 { fmt.Printf("---") } else { fmt.Printf("%s", toBase26(num.rightSet.members[0].identifier)) } fmt.Printf(">") fmt.Printf("\n") } // This function is a total hack, intended only to avoid printing identifiers // as actual numbers since we don't want to imply any particular association to // specific 'real' numbers yet. Instead, print them with [a-z] as base-26 // integers. func toBase26(num uint) (base26String []byte) { // For alignment reasons, we never print more than three digits. Thus, any // number greater than (26^3)-1 is out of range. if num >= 26*26*26 { base26String = []byte("xxx") } else { var firstByte, secondByte, thirdByte byte thirdByte = byte((num % 26) + uint('a')); num = num / 26; secondByte = byte((num % 26) + uint('a')); num = num / 26; firstByte = byte((num % 26) + uint('a')); num = num / 26; base26String = append(base26String, firstByte) base26String = append(base26String, secondByte) base26String = append(base26String, thirdByte) } return base26String }