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I'm dealing with the fraction: 1+1 1+1/(1+1) 1+1/(1+1/(1+1)) ... After viewing another similar forum I found that they came up with the equation (k+or-sqar(k^2+4))/2 Which here is (1+or-sqar(5))/2 My question is how did they derive that equation? I need to show proof of that...