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Title

Convergents of folded continued fractions

Authors 1, 2, 3, 4, 2

Affiliations

  1. CNRS, LRI, Bâtiment 490, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France
  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
  3. Mathématiques et Informatique, Université Bordeaux I, 351, cours de la Libération, F-33405 Talence Cedex, France
  4. School of MPCE, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales 2109, Australia

Keywords

continued fraction, convergent, formal Laurent series, formal power series, paperfolding, automatic sequence

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Pages:
77-96
Main language of publication
English
Received
1995-10-20
Published
1996
Exact and natural sciences