Continued Fraction using Mathematica

By Kardi Teknomo, PhD.

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Mathematica has three useful functions related to Continued fraction

FromContinuedFraction[ list ]

ContinuedFraction[ x , n ]

Rationalize[ x ]

FromContinuedFraction[ list ] will produce the convergence of the continued fraction

Example: Compute continued fraction in Mathematica

In: FromContinuedFraction[{2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1}]

Out:

Example: to compute the convergence of = in Mathematica we put another bracket for the periodic list, become

In: FromContinuedFraction[{1, {1, 2}}]

Out :

Mathematica function ContinuedFraction[ x , n ] will return the list of continued fraction up to n terms. This is exactly inverse procedure of FromContinuedFraction[ list ]

Example:

In:

Out: {1,{1,2}}

Example:

In:

Out: {2, 3, 1, 2, 4}

Rationalize[ x, accuracy ] will return rational approximation or decimal to fraction converter

Example:

In: Rationalize[Pi, 0.01]

Out: 22/7

Example:

In: Rationalize[Pi, 0.0001]

Out: 333/106

Example:

In: Rationalize[2.14567, 0.01]

Out: 15/7

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Preferable reference for this tutorial is

Teknomo, Kardi. Continued Fraction. http://people.revoledu.com/kardi/tutorial/ContinuedFraction/index.html