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Application of Wynn's epsilon algorithm to periodic continued fractions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

M. J. Jamieson
M. J. Jamieson
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Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
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The infinite continued fraction

in which

is periodic with period l and is equal to a quadratic surd if and only if the partial quotients, ak, are integers or rational numbers [1]. We shall also assume that they are positive. The transformation discussed below applies only to pure periodic fractions where n is zero.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , June 1987 , pp. 295 - 299
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1987

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