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066TSQL240517T011330ZCrSb0001
063Python 3.8+250505T172052ZCrSb0001
011Uiua 0.11.0240520T135715ZRomanPro
052Factor210401T233717ZBubbler
041R180914T194156ZGiuseppe
066Factor210329T202941Zuser
013Husk201005T170346ZRazetime
020J181111T044236ZJonah
071C++180917T073352ZHatsuPoi
066D181110T200232ZAdalynn
036x86 machine code181026T142821Zuser3604
069C# .NET Core181017T205541ZMeerkat
040Haskell180914T154438ZDelfad0r
060APLNARS181003T155205Zuser5898
004MathGolf180914T140955Zmaxb
008Stax180926T232159Zrecursiv
015APL Dyalog Unicode180918T143154ZJ. Sall&
022Wolfram Language Mathematica180918T131438Zalephalp
028Excel 28 Bytes180914T195626ZKeeta -
018><>180917T114150ZPidgeyUs
008MATL180915T004647ZGiuseppe
030Java JDK 10180917T093941ZOlivier
031Ruby180917T101046ZG B
071Python 3180915T172536ZJosh B.
00805AB1E180914T140227ZEmigna
025Haskell180915T054412Zxnor
033Python 3180915T054220Zxnor
038Perl 6180915T003717ZJo King
019Perl 6180915T002553Znwellnho
053Perl 5 a180914T222924ZXcali
064Java 10180914T182829ZTCFP
044Python 2180914T204208ZChas Bro
091Racket180914T161059ZJonathan
076Appleseed180914T193632ZDLosc
426Shakespeare Programming Language180914T192853ZJosiahRy
030JavaScript Node.js180914T185525ZNeil
073Batch180914T184547ZNeil
082Zephyr180914T183903ZDLosc
042Ruby180914T180003ZKirill L
051Python 3180914T155327ZJonathan
068Java 10180914T144028ZKevin Cr
044JavaScript ES6180914T153154ZArnauld
066Python 2180914T152233ZRushabh
063C gcc180914T152406ZAnnyo
032Haskell180914T142538Znimi
040PowerShell180914T142350ZAdmBorkB
009Jelly180914T140403ZDennis

T-SQL, 84 73 66 bytes

Original attempt (174 bytes)
Second attempt (84 bytes) (working version)
73 byte version
66 byte version

Here uses the closed form$$\frac{x+0.5}{2^{\lfloor\log_2x\rfloor}}-1$$ Code:

DECLARE @ FLOAT=##i##
SELECT(@+.5)/POWER(2,FLOOR(LOG(@)/LOG(2)))-1

My original attempt at this involved using the closed form$$\frac{\operatorname{mod}\left(x+0.5,2^{\lfloor\log_2(x)\rfloor}\right)}{2^{\lfloor\log_2(x)\rfloor}}\\=\frac{x+0.5-2^{\lfloor\log_2(x)\rfloor}\left\lfloor(x+0.5)/2^{\lfloor\log_2(x)\rfloor}\right\rfloor}{2^{\lfloor\log_2(x)\rfloor}}\\=\frac{x+0.5-2^{\lfloor\ln x/\ln2\rfloor}\lfloor(x+0.5)/2^{\lfloor\ln x/\ln2\rfloor}\rfloor}{2^{\lfloor\ln x/\ln2\rfloor}}$$but I highly doubt that this would have qualified since there was really bad rounding error that made it only spit out 6 decimal places.

Python 3.8+, 64 63 bytes

import math
x=int(input());print((x+.5)/2**int(math.log2(x))-1)

Didn't think that this would save any bytes off of @JoshB.'s 71 byte Python 3 answer, but apparently it does :)

Uiua 0.11.0, 11 bytes

Accepts N, returns the numerator of the Nth term first, then the denominator.

⟜◿⍜ₙ⌊2.+1×2

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Not only does it work on scalars, it works on arrays! In other words, it's pervasive.

F ← ⟜◿⍜ₙ⌊2.+1×2

F 19
### 7  
### 32 
F [13 6 9]
### [11 5 3]  
### [16 8 16] 

Factor, 52 bytes

{ 1/2 } [ dup stack. dup 1 v+n append 2 v/n t ] loop

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Prints each fraction on its own line forever. Keeps track of the array of all terms with equal denominator.

{ 1/2 }         ! Push the initial array
[ ... t ] loop  ! Loop forever:
  dup stack.    !   Print all fractions separated by a newline
  dup 1 v+n     !   Copy and add 1 to all fractions
  append 2 v/n  !   Join and halve all fractions

R, 42 41 bytes

function(n)2*c(y<-2^(log2(n)%/%1),n-y+.5)

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Returns a pair Denominator,Numerator. Uses the formula \$\begin{equation}N = 2\times\left(n-2^{\lfloor \log_2(n)\rfloor}\right)+1\end{equation}\$ from the Josephus sequence and \$\begin{equation}D = 2^{\lfloor \log_2(n)\rfloor+1}\end{equation}\$ from the other sequence. Happily we are able to re-use the denominator as the two formulas have quite a lot in common!

Factor, 68 66 bytes

Saved 2 bytes thanks to @chunes

[ 1 2 [ 2dup / . [ 2 + ] dip 2dup > [ 2 * 1 swap ] when t ] loop ]

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Outputs the sequence infinitely.

[
  1 2                    ! First numerator and denominator
  [                      ! Loop body
    2dup /               ! Divide to get next element of sequence
    .                    ! Print the element
    [ 2 + ] dip          ! Add 2 to the numerator
    2dup >               ! If numerator > denominator
    [ 
      2 *                ! Multiply denominator by 2
      1 swap             ! Set numerator to 1
    ]
    when                 ! Functions like an if statement
    t                    ! Push true on the stack so the loop doesn't stop
  ]
  loop                   ! Run while top of stack is true (which is forever)
]

Husk, 13 bytes

ṁz*İ1zR:1İ2ݽ

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Abuses the built in sequences to the fullest.

Outputs an infinite list.

Explanation

ṁz*İ1zR:1İ2ݽ
           ݽ powers of ½
       :1İ2   powers of 2, with 1 prepended
     zR       zip replicate the second by the first
 z*           then zip multiply that with:
   İ1         odd numbers
ṁ             map to each of the power arrays, and concatenate into single list

J, 20 bytes

(>:@+:@#.@}.,2^#)@#:

This verb take n and gives us the nth number in the list. n = 1 produces 1/2, etc...

explanation

(>:@+:@#.@}. , 2 ^ #)@#:
                     @#:  NB. The arg as list of binary digits, feed that to...
             ,            NB. the concatenation of... (first doing the left side)
         @}.              NB. remove the highest order bit and...
      @#.                 NB. convert back to decimal and...
   @+:                    NB. double it and...
 >:                       NB. add one (now we have the numerator)
               2 ^        NB. (now doing the right side) 2 raised to the...
                   #      NB. number of binary digits (the denominator)

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C++, 97 75 71 bytes

-26 bytes thanks to tsh, ceilingcat, Zacharý

float f(int i){float d=2,n=1;while(--i)n=d-n==1?d*=2,1:n+2;return n/d;}

Testing code :

std::cout << "1\t:\t" << f(1) << '\n';
std::cout << "2\t:\t" << f(2) << '\n';
std::cout << "3\t:\t" << f(3) << '\n';
std::cout << "4\t:\t" << f(4) << '\n';
std::cout << "10\t:\t" << f(10) << '\n';
std::cout << "100\t:\t" << f(100) << '\n';
std::cout << "511\t:\t" << f(511) << '\n';
std::cout << "512\t:\t" << f(512) << '\n';

D, 66 bytes

T f(T)(T i){T d=2,n=1;while(--i)n=d-n==1?(d*=2)/d:n+2;return n/d;}

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Port of @HatsuPointerKun's C++ answer.

grumble Comma expressions are pretty worthless in D grumble

x86 machine code, 36 bytes

00000000: 4389 de46 5653 6800 0000 00e8 fcff ffff  C..FVSh.........
00000010: 83c3 0239 f37e edd1 e631 db43 ebe6 2564  ...9.~...1.C..%d
00000020: 2f25 6420                                /%d 

Prints the sequence infinitely.

The hexdump is unlinked, e.g. the address for printf is a placeholder.

Assembly:

section .text
	global func
	extern printf
func:
	inc ebx			;set numerator to 1
	mov esi, ebx
	inc esi			;set denominator to 2
	loop:
		push esi
		push ebx
		push fmt
		call printf
		add ebx, 2	;increment numerator by 2
		cmp ebx, esi
		jle loop	;if numerator<denominator (eg ebx/esi<1), repeat loop
		shl esi, 1	;double the denominator
		xor ebx, ebx
		inc ebx		;reset numerator to 1
		jmp loop
section .data
	fmt db '%d/%d '

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C# (.NET Core), 69 bytes

a=>{int b=1,c=2;while(a-->1){b+=2;if(b>c){b=1;c*=2;}}return b+"/"+c;}

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Ungolfed:

a=> {
    int b = 1, c = 2;   // initialize numerator (b) and denominator (c)
    while (a-- > 1)     // while a decrements to 1
    {
        b += 2;         // add 2 to b
        if (b > c)      // if b is greater than c:
        {
            b = 1;      // reset numerator to 1
            c *= 2;     // double denominator
        }
    }
    return b + "/" + c; // return fraction as string
}

Haskell, 40 bytes

s=(1,2):[(i*2+u,j*2)|(i,j)<-s,u<-[-1,1]]

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Infinite sequence as pairs of integers (starting from (1,2)).

Quite a bit longer than @nimi's answer, but the approach is completely different, so I decided to post it anyway.

This solution is based on the following observation.

Consider the infinite sequence $$ \left\{\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{4},\frac{3}{4},\frac{1}{8},\frac{3}{8},\frac{5}{8},\frac{7}{8},\frac{1}{16},\frac{3}{16},\ldots\right\} $$ and apply the following steps.

Notice how you get back to the sequence you started with!

The solution exploits this fact (together with Haskell's laziness) to compute the sequence s.

APL(NARS), 30 chars, 60 bytes

{⍵=0:0⋄(1+2×⍵-2*k)÷2*1+k←⌊2⍟⍵}

test:

f←{⍵=0:0⋄(1+2×⍵-2*k)÷2*1+k←⌊2⍟⍵}
  f¨0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
0 0.5 0.25 0.75 0.125 0.375 0.625 0.875 0.0625 
  f¨511 512  10023
0.998046875 0.0009765625 0.2235717773 
  

MathGolf, 5 4 bytes

╫\╨]

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How it would look like with the operator working correctly

╫\)╨]   (")" adds 1 to TOS, making rounding behave as expected)

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Explanation

╫     Left-rotate all bits in input
 \    Swap top two elements on stack, pushing the input to the top
  ╨   Round up to nearest power of 2
   ]  Wrap in array (just for pretty printing)

I took my inspiration from this question to solve the problem, my "own" solution was around 10-12 bytes I think.

I had intended for the round up to closest power of 2 to return the number itself if it was a number of two, but due to a mistake it rounds to the next power of two (e.g. 4 -> 8 instead of 4 -> 4). This will have to be fixed later, but now it saves me one byte.

Stax, 8 bytes

▀`Ö²╬─}t

Run and debug it

This program uses stax's rational type. It takes a 1-based integer index as input, and produces that sequence element.

Unpacked, ungolfed, and commented, it looks like this.

Hc  double the input and copy it
:GY unset all but the highest bit, and store in register Y
-^  subtract (leaving all the other bits), then increment
yu* push the value in register Y, then multiply by its reciprocal

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APL (Dyalog Unicode), 15 bytes

1-⍨.5∘+÷2*∘⌊2⍟⊢

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Anonymous prefix lambda.

Thanks to Adám for 4 bytes and to Cows quack for 2 bytes.

How:

1-⍨.5∘+÷2*∘⌊2⍟⊢ ⍝ Anonymous lambda, argument ⍵ → 10
            2⍟⊢ ⍝ Log (⍟) of ⍵ in base 2. 2⍟10 → 3.32192809489...
           ⌊     ⍝ Floor. ⌊3.32192809489... → 3
        2*∘      ⍝ Take that power of 2. 2³ → 8
       ÷         ⍝ Use that as denominator
   .5∘+          ⍝ ⍵ + 0.5 → 10.5. Using that as numerator: 10.5÷8 → 1.3125
1-⍨              ⍝ Swap the arguments (⍨), then subtract. 1-⍨1.3125 → 1.3125-1 → 0.3125

Wolfram Language (Mathematica), 22 bytes

2^Mod[Log2[2#+1],1]-1&

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Excel 48 28 Bytes

Saved 20 bytes (!) thanks to tsh

=(A1+0.5)/2^INT(LOG(A1,2))-1

=MOD(A1+0.5,2^(INT(LOG(A1,2))))/2^INT(LOG(A1,2))

Assumes value in A1, output is in decimal. If you want the output to be in fraction, you can create a custom format for the output cell as "0/###0" and it will show it as fraction.

Explanation: Difficult to explain, since there is a shortcut taken to get to this formula. Basically the numerator is a bit shift left of the input, and the denominator is the next power of 2 higher than the number input.

I originally started with Excel built in functions for BITLSHIFT and BITRSHIFT, but they will shift the entire 48 bits which is not what you want. The functions DEC2BIN (and BIN2DEC) have a limit of -512 to 511 (10 bits) so this wouldn't work. Instead I had to rebuild the number with a modulus of the original number, then times two, then add 1 (since the left digit would always be 1 before a shift).

=MOD(A1                        Use MOD for finding what the right digits are
       +0.5                    this will later add the left "1" to the right digits
           ,2^INT(LOG(A1,2)))) Take Log base 2 number of digits on the right
                               this creates the numerator divided by 2 (explained later)
/ 2^INT(LOG(A1,2))             The denominator should be 2^ (Log2 + 1) but instead of 
                               adding a 1 here, we cause the numerator to be divided by 2 instead
                               This gives us a fraction.  In the numerator, we also added .5
                               instead of 1 so that we wouldn't need to divide it in both the
                               numerator and denominator
Then tsh showed how I could take the int/log out of the mod and remove it from numerator/denominator. 

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><>, 19 18 bytes

Using xnor's idea, fixed by Jo King, -1 byte by making better use of the mirrors and another -2 bytes by Jo King because the ! was superfluous and ; is not required.

2*1+\1-n
2:,2/?(

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MATL, 8 bytes

BnWGEy-Q

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Returns Numerator, then Denominator. Uses the same method as my R answer, although it's a bit more efficient.

Explanation, with input 5:

           # implicit input 5
B          # convert to array of bits
           # STACK: [[1 0 1]]
n          # length (place of Most Significant Bit)
           # STACK: [3]
W          # elementwise raise 2^x
           # STACK: [8]
G          # paste input
           # STACK: [8, 5]
E          # double
           # STACK: [8, 10]
y          # copy from below
           # STACK: [8, 10, 8]
-          # subtract
           # STACK: [8, 2]
Q          # increment
           # STACK: [8, 3]
           # implicit end of program, display stack contents

Java (JDK 10), 30 bytes

n->(n+.5)/n.highestOneBit(n)-1

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Returns the nth item in the sequence.

This answer is originally a succession of golfs of TCFP's Java answer. In the end, the golfs didn't look like the original answer anymore (though the math used is the same) so I decided to post the golfs as a separate answer instead of simply commenting on the TCFP's answer. So if you like this answer, go upvote TCFP's answer as well! ;-)

Intermediate golfs were:

n->{int x=0;for(;n>>++x!=1;);return((~(1<<x)&n)*2.+1)/(1<<x+1);} // 64 bytes (TCFP's answer when I started golfing)
n->{int x=0;for(;n>>++x!=1;);x=1<<x;return((~x&n)*2.+1)/x/2;}    // 61 bytes
n->{int x=n.highestOneBit(n);return((~x&n)*2.+1)/x/2;}           // 54 bytes
n->{int x=n.highestOneBit(n);return((~x&n)+.5)/x;}               // 50 bytes
n->((n&~(n=n.highestOneBit(n)))+.5)/n                            // 37 bytes
n->(n-(n=n.highestOneBit(n))+.5)/n                               // 34 bytes
n->(n+.5)/n.highestOneBit(n)-1                                   // 30 bytes, current score

Ruby, 31 bytes

->x{(2r*x+1)/2**x.bit_length-1}

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Python 3, 71 bytes

n,d=0,1
for t in range(int(input())):
    n+=2
    if n>d:n=1;d*=2
print(n/d)

Index starts with 0 at 0.0 and 1 at 0.5 and so on.

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05AB1E, 11 8 bytes

Saved 3 bytes thanks to Kevin Cruijssen.

∞oDÅÉs/˜

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Explanation

∞         # start an infinite list [1...
 o        # calculate 2**N
  D       # duplicate
   ÅÉ     # get a list of odd numbers up to 2**N
     s/   # divide each by 2**N
       ˜  # flatten

Haskell, 25 bytes

pred.until(<2)(/2).(+0.5)

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Outputs decimals, one-indexed without the initial zero term.

Adds 0.5 to the input, then halves until the results is below 2, then subtracts 1. Using a pointfree expression saves 1 bytes over

f n=until(<2)(/2)(n+0.5)-1

Python 3, 33 bytes

lambda n:(8*n+4)/2**len(bin(n))-1

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Outputs decimals, one-indexed without the initial zero term.

Perl 6, 38 bytes

(0,{(1,3...2**@_-1)X/2**@_}...*)>>.say

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Outputs elements infinitely, starting from 0.

An infinite sequence itself ends up at 40 bytes

.5,{$/=.nude;($1-$0-1??$0+2!!.5)/$1}...*

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Perl 6, 19 bytes

{($_+.5)/2**.msb-1}

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Perl 5 -a, 53 bytes

map{say"$_/$.";--$F[0]||exit}grep$_%2,1..$.while$.*=2

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1-indexed. First element is 1/2. Outputs the first n elements.

Java 10, 68 64 bytes

First try at code golf!

Option 1: find the n-th element (1-indexed)

-4 bytes thanks to @Kevin Cruijssen

n->{int x=0;for(;n>>++x!=1;);return((~(1<<x)&n)*2.+1)/(1<<x+1);}

This is an anonymous method that finds the n-th term by removing the most significant bit from n, doubling it and adding one, then dividing by the next highest power of 2.

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Code walkthrough:

n->{                      // builds anonymous function with input n
int x=0;                  // stores floor of log(n) (base 2) for most significant digit
for(;n>>++x!=1;);         // calculates floor of log(n) by counting right shifts until 1
return((~(1<<x)&n)        // removes most significant digit of n
*2.+1)                     // multiplies 2 and adds 1 to get the odd numerator
/(1<<x+1);}               // divides by the next highest power of 2 and returns`

Will edit if it's necessary to print the final value instead of returning it.

Python 2, 44 bytes

def f(n):m=2**len(bin(n))/4;return 2*n-m+1,m

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Function returns a tuple of (numerator, denominator). An input of 0 is not handled (it was optional).

Racket, 92 91 bytes

(define(f k(m 2)(n 1))(if(> k 0)(if(=(+ n 1)m)(f(- k 1)(+ m m))(f(- k 1)m(+ n 2)))(/ n m)))

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Appleseed, 76 bytes

(def s(lambda((d 2)(n 1))(if(> n d)(s(* d 2))(cons(list n d)(s d(+ n 2))))))

Defines a function s that, when called without arguments, returns an infinite list of (<numer> <denom>) pairs. Try it online!

Ungolfed

(def sequence
  (lambda ((denom 2) (numer 1))
    (if (less? denom numer)
      (sequence (* denom 2))
      (cons
        (list numer denom)
        (sequence denom (+ numer 2))))))

Same idea as Jonathan Frech's Python function (right down to the order of the default arguments being important), except here we cons each result onto the (infinite) recursive call instead of printing it.

Shakespeare Programming Language, 426 bytes

,.Ajax,.Ford,.Act I:.Scene I:.[Exeunt][Enter Ajax and Ford]Ajax:You be the sum ofyou a cat.Ford:You cat.Scene V:.Ford:Is twice you nicer I?If solet usScene X.You be twice you.Let usScene V.Scene X:.Ford:Remember twice you.You be the sum oftwice the remainder of the quotient betweenI you a cat.Open heart.You big big big big big cat.Speak thy.Recall.Open heart.You be twice the sum ofa cat a big big cat.Speak thy.Let usAct I.

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Outputs the sequence infinitely as both numbers separated by a space, with each item being separated by a newline.

JavaScript (Node.js), 30 bytes

f=(n,d=.5)=>d>n?n/d:f(n-d,d*2)

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Batch, 73 bytes

@set/an=%1*2,d=1
:l
@if %d% leq %1 set/an-=d,d*=2&goto l
@echo %n%/%d%

Outputs 0/1 for an input of 0. Explanation: n is the numerator and d is the denominator. d is doubled each time until it exceeds the input, and the previous value of d is subtracted from n as it goes. This is slightly golfier than calculating n=%1*2+1-d separately.

Zephyr, 82 bytes

set d to 2
while 1=1
for n from 1 to d/2
print((2*n)-1)/d
next
set d to d*2
repeat

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Iterate over denominators 2, 4, 8, 16, ... forever. For each d (e.g. 8), iterate n from 1 up to d/2 (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4). The desired odd-number numerators are then 2*n-1. Zephyr's built-in rational numbers mean we just do the division and print the result.

(I really think more languages should have built-in rational numbers!)

Ruby, 42 bytes

1.step{|i|(1..x=2**i).step(2){|j|p [j,x]}}

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Prints integer pairs infinitely, starting from 1/2.

Python 3, 53 51 bytes

def f(m=2,n=1):n<m and print(n/m)&f(m,2+n)or f(m+m)

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Java 10, 89 85 70 69 68 bytes

v->{for(float j,t=2;;t*=2)for(j=1;j<t;j+=2)System.out.println(j/t);}

Port of @Emigma's 05AB1E answer, so outputs decimals indefinitely as well.
-15 bytes thanks to @Arnauld.

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Explanation:

v->{                      // Method with empty unused parameter and no return-type
  for(float j,t=2;;       //  Loop `t` from 2 upwards indefinitely,
                   t*=2)  //  doubling `t` after every iteration
    for(j=1;j<t;          //   Inner loop `j` in the range [1, `t`),
                j+=2)     //   in steps of 2 (so only the odd numbers)
      System.out.println( //    Print with trailing new-line:
        j/t);}            //     `j` divided by `t`

JavaScript (ES6), 44 bytes

Returns the \$n\$-th term, 1-indexed.

f=(n,p=q=1)=>n?f(n-1,p<q-2?p+2:!!(q*=2)):p/q

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Python 2 - 68 66 bytes

-2 bytes thanks to Kevin

from math import*
def g(n):a=2**floor(log(n,2));print(n-a)*2+1,2*a

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C (gcc), 63 bytes

No input, prints infinite sequence:

f(i,j){for(i=1,j=2;;i+=2,i>j&&(j*=2,i=1))printf("%d/%d ",i,j);}

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Haskell, 35 32 bytes

Edit: -3 bytes thanks to @Delfad0r.

[(y,2^x)|x<-[1..],y<-[1,3..2^x]]

This is an infinite list of integer pairs.

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PowerShell, 40 bytes

for($i=2;;$i*=2){1..$i|?{$_%2}|%{$_/$i}}

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Outputs the infinite sequence as decimal values. Given language limitations, will eventually run into precision problems, but easily handles the first 1000 entries.

Starts by setting $i=2, then enters a for loop. Each iteration, we construct a range from 1..$i and pull out the odd values with |?{$_%2}. Those are fed into their own inner loop, where we divide each to get the decimal |%{$_/$i}. Those are left on the pipeline and output when the pipeline is flushed after every for iteration. Each iteration we're simply incrementing $i by $i*=2 to get the next go-round.

Jelly, 9 bytes

Bṙ1Ḅ,æċ2$

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