Neverending Fractions: An Introduction to Continued Fractions
Author:   Jonathan Borwein (Professor, University of Newcastle, New South Wales) ,  Alf van der Poorten (Macquarie University, Sydney) ,  Jeffrey Shallit (University of Waterloo, Ontario) ,  Wadim Zudilin (University of Newcastle, New South Wales)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Volume:   23
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9780511902659


Publication Date:   05 July 2014
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Author:   Jonathan Borwein (Professor, University of Newcastle, New South Wales) ,  Alf van der Poorten (Macquarie University, Sydney) ,  Jeffrey Shallit (University of Waterloo, Ontario) ,  Wadim Zudilin (University of Newcastle, New South Wales)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
Volume:   23
ISBN:  

9780511902659


ISBN 10:   0511902654
Publication Date:   05 July 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Preface; 1. Some preliminaries from number theory; 2. Continued fractions, as they are; 3. Metric theory of continued fractions; 4. Quadratic irrationals through a magnifier; 5. Hyperelliptic curves and Somos sequences; 6. From folding to Fibonacci; 7. The integer part of qα + β; 8. The Erdős-Moser equation; 9. Irregular continued fractions; Appendix. Selected continued fractions; Bibliography; Index.

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Jonathan Borwein, FRSC, FAAAS, FAA is Laureate Professor in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Director of the Priority Research Centre in Computer Assisted Research Mathematics and its Applications at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales. He is also Distinguished Professor at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah. An ISI highly cited scientist and former Chauvenet prize winner, he has published widely in various fields of mathematics. Alf van der Poorten was Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Macquarie University, Sydney, until his death in 2010. Jeffrey Shallit is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. Wadim Zudilin is a Professor in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales.

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