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/** This file tests the routines in correlation.frink. */
use correlation.frink
/** Calculate the autocorrelation in a repeating list with sub-patterns.
This should obtain an offset of 6 being the highest correlation. */
println[autocorrelation[[1,2,1,4,1,8,1,2,1,4,1,8,1,2,1,4,1,8]]]
println[]
// The previous list with a bit of noise. Hopefully the period will still be 6
println[autocorrelation[[1,2,1,4,1,8,1,2,3,4,1,8,1,2,1,5,1,8]]]
println[]
// Find when the digits in a number repeat themselves. The precision may have
// to be increased for larger denominators, as 1/n may repeat after as many as
// n-1 digits.
for b = 1 to 200
{
setPrecision[b*2+10]
r = autocorrelation[array[chars[toString[1./b]]]]
// println[r]
println["1/$b appears to repeat most strongly after " + r@0@0 + " terms."]
}
println[]
// Calculate the autocorrelation of a sinewave. The period should be close
// to the number divided by in the "step" below, although if the step is
// small, then the offsets near 1 will be the strongest (as the sine wave is
// shifted very slightly relative to itself.)
setPrecision[15]
c = new array
for i = 0 to 10 pi step (2 pi / 17.1)
c.push[sin[i]]
println[autocorrelation[c]]
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