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Not a very pretty website, but certainly a pretty subject! This really is the best way of explaining where continued fractions come from. The fact that converg
by mtzet 9y ago
Not a very pretty website, but certainly a pretty subject!
This really is the best way of explaining where continued fractions come from. The fact that convergents of the continued fraction provide the best rational approximation always seemed mysterious to me in the classical exposition, but it is almost obvious when explained through the Stern-Brocot tree.
- jstanley 9y agoI don't know about it not being pretty... I thought the website presented the content in a clear and easy-to-follow way. And it loaded quickly, I didn't even need to wait for my browser to download the font before I could see the text. I wish more websites looked like this, instead of plastered with confusing navigation, adverts, popups asking for your email address, "elsewhere on the web", "like, share and subscribe", etc. This is refreshing in its simplicity.
- theoh 9y agoYes, but this kind of HTML authoring is often accompanied by a puritanical dedication to "structural markup". It is often evidence of quite an opinionated, reductive, approach to the web, for better or worse.
- baking 9y agoThe website is actually a pretty exhaustive resource on continued fractions, although I'll admit it's been 40 years since I read Khinchin and I can't honestly say which is more exhaustive.