Questions tagged [continued-fractions]

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How can I write Mathematica code for this continued fraction with alternating terms?

$$\varphi+\cfrac{1}{\varphi^{-1}+\cfrac{1}{\varphi+\cfrac{1}{\varphi^{-1}+\cfrac{1}{\varphi+\cdots}}}}$$ I saw this continued fraction on Facebook. I need the Mathematica code for this using continued fraction or Nest or Fold. Normal continued…
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How to calculate this function

Please, I would like to calculate this function which contains an infinite continued fraction f[y_]=1/(1 + ContinuedFractionK[-(((n + 1) (n + 3))/((2 n + 3) (2 n + 5))) y^2 A, 1, {n, 0, Infinity}]) But no results, Mathematica returns the same…
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Can Mathematica evaluate a continued fraction using Gauss's $K$ operator?

I don't know a whole lot about Mathematica, and this is a fairly uncommon notation, so here goes: How do I tell Mathematica to evaluate this? $$1+\underset{i=1}{\overset{\infty}{K}}\frac{(-1)^{i-1}}{i+1}$$ where…
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Potential bug : missing terms in ContinuedFraction

If I use 0.23 instead of 23/100, the last continued fraction coefficient (7) is not given: target = 23/100; ContinuedFraction[target] (* {0,4,2,1,7} *) ContinuedFraction[N[target]] (* {0,4,2,1} *) FromContinuedFraction[%] (* 3/13…
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Representing a general continued fraction in a list for ContinuedFraction

The initial mathematical problem is to solve for $x$ in: $$x = \sqrt{19} + \frac{91}{\sqrt{19} + \frac{91}{\sqrt{19} + \frac{91}{\sqrt{19} + \frac{91}{\sqrt{19} + \frac{91}{x}}}}}$$ (Notice the $x$ in the right-hand-side.) The following direct…
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Deriving formulas for continued fraction expansions

A version of a continued fraction expansion of a rational number $r\in \mathbb Q$ is defined as \begin{align} r =[a_0,a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_k]= a_0 - \frac{1}{a_1 - \frac{1}{a_2 - \dots - \tfrac{1}{a_k}}} \end{align} for integers $a_i\leq-2$. For some…
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Truncate an infinite continued fraction at order 2000

I want to solve an equation which contains an infinite continued fraction $F(n)$. Then I must (obviously) truncate this continued fraction at $n=2000$. The problem here is that Mathematica does not display the $2000$ terms of this fraction on the…
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Problem with "OverBar"

In my equation, I would like to add a bar to the second fraction, but the "OverBar" does not work. I would appreciate it if you could tell me what the problem is. This is my code: HoldForm[ TraditionalForm[ D[Subscript[OverTilde[u], i],…
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Computing continued fraction

I want to build this infinite continued fraction $$F_{n}(x)= \cfrac{1}{1-x\cfrac{(n+1)^2}{4(n+1)^2-1}F_{n+1}(x)} $$ which gives for $n=0$ $$F_{0}(x)=\cfrac{1}{1-\cfrac{(1/3)x}{1-\cfrac{(4/15)x}{1-\cfrac{(9/35)x}{1-\ddots}}}}$$ I took inspiration…
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How can we generate this more general form of the continued fraction?

How can I write Mathematica code for this continued fraction with alternating terms? How can we generate this more general form of the above-continued…
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