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RE: finding approximate 'least common factor'
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Allen.Windhorn |
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RE: finding approximate 'least common factor' |
Date: |
Tue, 24 May 2011 13:45:01 -0500 |
Przemek,
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From: address@hidden On Behalf Of Przemek Klosowski
> I have numbers which are approximately (but not exactly) an integer
> number of some basic quantity. How would you estimate that basic
> quantum? For instance, if the data is:
> All I could come up with is to look at all the candidates (s) and
> plot the sum of squares (d) of the integer quotient residuals (c)
> against the value of the candidates...
>
> Can anyone think of a more precise numerical algorithm?
Might try some sort of discrete Fourier transform, where the numbers
represent the x values and the count of values at each x represents an
impulse function of that amplitude.
Regards,
Allen