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Neverending fractions : an introduction to continued fractions / Jonathan Borwein, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Alf van der Poorten, Macquarie University, Sydney, Jeffrey Shallit, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Wadim Zudilin, University of Newcastle, New South Wales.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Australian Mathematical Society lecture series ; 23.Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource (x, 212 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511902659 (ebook)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification:
  • 513.2/6 23
LOC classification:
  • QA295 .B667 2014
Online resources: Summary: Despite their classical nature, continued fractions are a neverending research area, with a body of results accessible enough to suit a wide audience, from researchers to students and even amateur enthusiasts. Neverending Fractions brings these results together, offering fresh perspectives on a mature subject. Beginning with a standard introduction to continued fractions, the book covers a diverse range of topics, from elementary and metric properties, to quadratic irrationals, to more exotic topics such as folded continued fractions and Somos sequences. Along the way, the authors reveal some amazing applications of the theory to seemingly unrelated problems in number theory. Previously scattered throughout the literature, these applications are brought together in this volume for the first time. A wide variety of exercises guide readers through the material, which will be especially helpful to readers using the book for self-study, and the authors also provide many pointers to the literature.
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Despite their classical nature, continued fractions are a neverending research area, with a body of results accessible enough to suit a wide audience, from researchers to students and even amateur enthusiasts. Neverending Fractions brings these results together, offering fresh perspectives on a mature subject. Beginning with a standard introduction to continued fractions, the book covers a diverse range of topics, from elementary and metric properties, to quadratic irrationals, to more exotic topics such as folded continued fractions and Somos sequences. Along the way, the authors reveal some amazing applications of the theory to seemingly unrelated problems in number theory. Previously scattered throughout the literature, these applications are brought together in this volume for the first time. A wide variety of exercises guide readers through the material, which will be especially helpful to readers using the book for self-study, and the authors also provide many pointers to the literature.

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