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FromContinuedFraction

FilledSmallSquare FromContinuedFraction[list] reconstructs a number from the list of its continued fraction terms.

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