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Continued Fraction Approximations


	Any real number can be expanded in a continued fraction. Truncating the regular continued fraction after terms gives a rational number. This Demonstration shows the differences between function values and regular continued fraction approximations of truncated to terms.


	Contributed by: Michael Trott
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function — the function to display
continued fraction terms — the number of terms in the continued fraction approximation

Continued Fraction (Wolfram MathWorld)

Approximation Theory (Wolfram MathWorld)

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Contributed by: Michael Trott

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