The same four checked bin indexes map to three different physical reciprocal-space scales depending on the calibrated step. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

highlighted = computed this step

Chapter two's single training row fixed the step

Chapter two checked one reciprocal step and its four bin values once. The same index list zero through three can be recalibrated to a different step: here 1 per metre.

qi=iΔq,Δq=1 1/mq_i=i\Delta q,\quad \Delta q=1\ 1/\text{m}
Narrow reciprocal stepThe same index list maps to the smallest checked bin values.step=1 1/mbin0=0 1/mbin1=1 1/mbin2=2 1/mbin3=3 1/m

The same index list gives three different bin scales

Every row checks the same four indexes, zero through three. Only the calibrated step changes, so a reader has to know the step to know what a bin index actually means physically.

Δqbin values1 1/m0 1/m,1 1/m,2 1/m,3 1/m2 1/m0 1/m,2 1/m,4 1/m,6 1/m3 1/m0 1/m,3 1/m,6 1/m,9 1/m\begin{array}{c|c}\Delta q&\text{bin values}\\1\ 1/\text{m}&0\ 1/\text{m},1\ 1/\text{m},2\ 1/\text{m},3\ 1/\text{m}\\2\ 1/\text{m}&0\ 1/\text{m},2\ 1/\text{m},4\ 1/\text{m},6\ 1/\text{m}\\3\ 1/\text{m}&0\ 1/\text{m},3\ 1/\text{m},6\ 1/\text{m},9\ 1/\text{m}\\\end{array}
Middle reciprocal stepThe same four indexes now map to doubled bin values.step=2 1/mbin0=0 1/mbin1=2 1/mbin2=4 1/mbin3=6 1/m

The widest calibrated step reaches the largest bin value

With step 3 per metre, the same index three now lands at 9 per metre -- three times the narrow row's value for the identical index.

q3=33 1/m=9 1/mq_{3}=3\cdot3\ 1/\text{m}=9\ 1/\text{m}
Wide reciprocal stepThe final row is rendered as the checked widest-step case.step=3 1/mbin0=0 1/mbin1=3 1/mbin2=6 1/mbin3=9 1/m