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Tag Archives: continued fraction
Fibonacci numbers, 4
In the preceding post in this series, we saw a connection between the Fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio α = (1+√5)/2. I am going to look at this from a different perspective, that of continued fractions. The simplest continued fractions are … Continue reading
Rounding errors
Something has happened to calculators while I wasn’t using them. I am hoping somebody reading this will know more about it than I do. The story begins with the number theory course I am teaching this year, and a link-up … Continue reading
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Tagged calculator, continued fraction, David Fowler, Euclid's algorithm, Pythagoras
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