A one-line solution in Clojure
In Clojure, though not in ClojureScript, we can express the state
function as a series of pure function applications:
(defn state [t]
(-> t rationalize / biginteger .bitLength odd?))
or, without using the threading macro
(defn state [t]
(odd? (.bitLength (biginteger (/ (rationalize t))))))
Let's test it:
(map (juxt identity state) [1 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2])
; ([1 true] [0.7 true] [0.5 false] [0.4 false] [0.3 false] [0.2 true])
Taking it step by step:
(defn state [t]
(-> t
rationalize ; convert to a ratio to avoid losing precision using floating point
/ ; take the reciprocal
biginteger ; round down (if need be) to a java.math.BigInteger
.bitLength ; take its length in bits (a method, not a Clojure function)
odd? ; ask whether odd
))
How does it work?
Instead of testing where the given number t
fits in the series of toggle-points
1 1/2 1/4 1/8 ...
we test where 1/t
(that's (/ t)
in Clojure) fits in the series of inverted toggle-points
1 2 4 8 ...
which, in binary, is
1 10 100 1000 ...
which are the smallest numbers with
1 2 3 4 ...
binary digits.
Applying BigInteger/bitLength
tells us how many binary digits 1/t
has - rounding down has no effect. This is the number of terms of series 1 2 4 8 ...
that 1/t
reaches. So the answer is whether this number is odd.