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Let N be a positive integer. The Farey series of order N is the sequence of rationals h/k with h and k coprime and 1 \(\leq {h} \leq {k} \leq {N} \) arranged in increasing order between 0 and 1, see [1].
Research supported in part by the Canada Research Chairs Program and by Grant A3528 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
In memory of Professor Herb Wilf
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Stewart, C.L. (2013). On the Distribution of Small Denominators in the Farey Series of Order N . In: Kotsireas, I., Zima, E. (eds) Advances in Combinatorics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30979-3_15
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