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I first read about continued fractions in HAKMEM from 1972. These things have fascinated programmers for decades. https://web.archive.org/web/20190906055006/ht
by oofabz 1y ago
I first read about continued fractions in HAKMEM from 1972. These things have fascinated programmers for decades.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190906055006/http://home.pipeline.com/~hbaker1/hakmem/cf.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190906055006/http://home.pipel...
- creata 1y agoHere's another one by Gosper, with the famous quote: > Abstract: Contrary to everybody, this self contained paper will show that continued fractions are not only perfectly amenable to arithmetic, they are amenable to perfect arithmetic. https://perl.plover.com/yak/cftalk/INFO/gosper.txt https://perl.plover.com/yak/cftalk/INFO/gosper.txt