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• Continued fraction — Finite continued fraction, where a0 is an integer, any other ai are positive integers, and n is a non negative integer. In mathematics, a continued fraction is an expression obtained through an iterative process of representing a number as the… …   Wikipedia

• Generalized continued fraction — In analysis, a generalized continued fraction is a generalization of regular continued fractions in canonical form in which the partial numerators and the partial denominators can assume arbitrary real or complex values.A generalized continued… …   Wikipedia

• Continued fraction of Gauss — In complex analysis, the continued fraction of Gauss is a particular continued fraction derived from the hypergeometric functions. It was one of the first analytic continued fractions known to mathematics, and it can be used to represent several… …   Wikipedia

• continued fraction — Math. a fraction whose denominator contains a fraction whose denominator contains a fraction, and so on. [1860 65] * * * ▪ mathematics       expression of a number as the sum of an integer and a quotient, the denominator of which is the sum of an …   Universalium

• Euler's continued fraction formula — In the analytic theory of continued fractions, Euler s continued fraction formula is an identity connecting a certain very general infinite series with an infinite continued fraction. First published in 1748, it was at first regarded as a simple… …   Wikipedia

• Convergent (continued fraction) — A convergent is one of a sequence of values obtained by evaluating successive truncations of a continued fraction. The nth convergent is also known as the nth approximant of a continued fraction.[1] Contents 1 Representation of real numbers 2… …   Wikipedia

• Fraction (mathematics) — A cake with one quarter removed. The remaining three quarters are shown. Dotted lines indicate where the cake may be cut in order to divide it into equal parts. Each quarter of the cake is denoted by the fraction 1/4. A fraction (from Latin:… …   Wikipedia

• fraction — Synonyms and related words: Gaussian integer, adjunct, algebraic number, arithmetical proportion, cardinal, cardinal number, complex number, component, contingent, continued fraction, cross section, defective number, detachment, detail, division …   Moby Thesaurus

• Solving quadratic equations with continued fractions — In mathematics, a quadratic equation is a polynomial equation of the second degree. The general form is:ax^2+bx+c=0,,!where a ne; 0.Students and teachers all over the world are familiar with the quadratic formula that can be derived by completing …   Wikipedia

• Egyptian fraction — An Egyptian fraction is the sum of distinct unit fractions, such as frac{1}{2}+ frac{1}{3}+ frac{1}{16}. That is, each fraction in the expression has a numerator equal to 1 and a denominator that is a positive integer, and all the denominators… …   Wikipedia

• List of important publications in mathematics — One of the oldest surviving fragments of Euclid s Elements, found at Oxyrhynchus and dated to circa AD 100. The diagram accompanies Book II, Proposition 5.[1] This is a list of important publications in mathematics, organized by field. Some… …   Wikipedia