Chapter 11 · Applications of Series
11.12
Continued Fractions
Write a number as a whole part plus 1 over (whole part plus 1 over …). The truncations are the best fractions for approximating it.
About 15 minutes
You'll learn to
- →Evaluate finite continued fractions
- →Find the continued fraction of a rational number
- →Evaluate periodic continued fractions
- →Compute convergents with the recursion