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A diagram for continued fractions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

S. H. Gould*
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan

Extract

Among the topics emphasized at the Second International Congress on Mathematical Education held at Exeter in 1972 were the increased interest in approximation due to computers and the pedagogical value of geometric figures. This article brings together these two themes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1974

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References

Page no 177 note † The present article is part of an address given at the Congress, with the title “Geometry and real number”. The author wishes to acknowledge valuable suggestions from the editor regarding the change from oral to written presentation.