continued fraction
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of continued fraction
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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These latest projects are primarily driven by a specific continued fraction whose nested integers form the sequence 1, 2, 3,…, Elsner says.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2023
The theory and development of the simple recurring continued fraction is due to Lagrange.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various
Conversely every positive quadratic surd number, when expressed as a simple continued fraction, will give rise to a recurring fraction.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various
The Incommensurability of Infinite Continued Fractions.—There is no general test for the incommensurability of the general infinite continued fraction.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various
He had not then the continued fraction, a mode of representation which he gave the next year in his work on the square root.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by David Eugene Smith
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