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What is the most motivating way to introduce continued fractions? Are there any real life applications of continued fractions?
Continued Fractions: Motivation & Real Life Applications
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One of the simplest continued fractions, [1;1,1,1,...], yields the golden ratio, which is a fairly beautiful result.
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