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The Mathematical ExplorerTM (2001)

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FromContinuedFraction

  • FromContinuedFraction[ list ] reconstructs a number from the list of its continued fraction terms.
  • FromContinuedFraction[ , , , ... ] returns .
  • The can be symbolic.
  • FromContinuedFraction[ , , ... , , , ... ] returns the exact number whose continued fraction terms start with the , then consist of cyclic repetitions of the .
  • FromContinuedFraction acts as the inverse of ContinuedFraction.
  • See The Mathematica Book on the web:Section 3.2.4.
  • Implementation Notes on the web: see Section A.9.4.
  • See also: ContinuedFraction,FromDigits, Fold.