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[parent] continued fraction of pi (Example)

The simple continued fraction for $\pi$ begins

$$\pi = 3 + \frac{1}{{7} + \frac{1}{{15} + \frac{1}{{1} + \, \cdots}}}$$

and continues with the numerators 292, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 14, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 84, 2, 1, 1, 15, 3, 13, 1, 4, 2, 6, 6, 99, 1, 2, 2, 6, 3, 5, 1, 1, 6, 8, 1, 7, 1, 2, 3, 7, 1, 2, 1, 1, 12, ... listed in A001203 of Sloane's OEIS.

Here are a few more terms: 7, 15, 1, 292, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 14, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 84, 2, 1, 1, 15, 3, 13, 1, 4, 2, 6, 6, 99, 1, 2, 2, 6, 3, 5, 1, 1, 6, 8, 1, 7, 1, 2, 3, 7, 1, 2, 1, 1, 12, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 8, 1, 1, 2, 1, 6, 1, 1, 5, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 4, 4, 16, 1, 161, 45, 1, 22, 1, 2, 2, 1, 4, 1, 2, 24, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 10, 2, 5, 4, 1, 2, 2, 8, 1, 5, 2, 2, 26, 1, 4, 1, 1, 8, 2, 42, 2, 1, 7, 3, 3, 1, 1, 7, 2, 4, 9, 7, 2, 3, 1, 57, 1, 18, 1, 9, 19, 1, 2, 18, 1, 3, 7, 30, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 1, 2, 8, 1, 1, 2, 1, 15, 1, 2, 13, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 12, 1, 1, 3, 3, 28, 1, 10, 3, 2, 20, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 5, 3, 2, 1, 6, 1, 4, 1, 120, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 23, 1, 15, 1, 3, 7, 1, 16, 1, 2, 1, 21, 2, 1, 1, 2, 9, 1, 6, 4, 127, 14, 5, 1, 3, 13, 7, 9, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 5, 4, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 29, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 10, 3, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 12, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 7, 1, 1, 2, 1, 11, 3, 1, 7, 1, 4, 1, 48, 16, 1, 4, 5, 2, 1, 1, 4, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 5, 20, 1, 1, 5, 4, 1, 436, 8, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 2, 1, 3, 6, 11, 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 5, 4, 6, 9, 1, 5, 1, 5, 15, 1, 11, 24, 4, 4, 5, 2, 1, 4, 1, 6, 1, 1, 1, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 58, 5, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 7, 1, 15, 1, 4, 8, 1, 1, 4, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 9, 1, 4, 3, 15, 1, 2, 1, 13, 1, 1, 1, 3, 24, 1, 2, 4, 10, 5, 12, 3, 3, 21, 1, 2, 1, 34, 1, 1, 1, 4, 15, 1, 4, 44, 1, 4, 20776, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 23, 1, 7, 2, 1, 94, 55, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 32, 5, 1, 14, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 50, 2, 16, 5, 1, 2, 1, 4, 6, 3, 1, 3, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 5, 2, 2, 2, 28, 1, 1, 13, 1, 5, 43, 1, 4, 3, 5, 3, 1, 4, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 19, 2, 7, 1, 72, 3, 1, 2, 3, 7, 11, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 33, 7, 19, 1, 19, 3, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 11, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 7, 2, 27, 1, 1, 6, 2, 1, 9, 6, 26, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 15, 1, 36, 4, 2, 2, 1, 22, 2, 1, 106, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 12, 10, 7, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 8, 2, 4, 5, 3, 2, 1, 4, 23, 1, 18, 2, 10, 3, 1, 6, 6, 13, 8, 6, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 7, 17, 1, 1, 1, 2, 5, 5, 1, 1, 2, 11, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 29, 4, 29, 3, 5, 3, 1, 141, 1, 2, 7, 7, 2, 2, 7, 1, 1, 7, 1, 7, 1, 2, 4, 1, 1, 1, 30, 1, 12, 4, 18, 10, 2, 8, 1, 2, 2, 2, 4, 13, 1, 5, 4, 1, 6, 1, 1, 11, 2, 4, 2, 1, 1, 3, 3, 12, 1, 1, 39, 5, 1, 1, 16, 125, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1, 19, 1, 4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 10, 1, 4, 2, 1, 1, 1, 5, 10, 4, 14, 1, 13, 41, 1, 4, 1, 8, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 6, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 4, 1, 14, 1, 2, 8, 1, 8, 3, 3, 3, 1, 37, 4, 2, 4, 1, 3, 4, 25, 4, 27, 2, 7, 1, 1, 2, 6, 1, 1, 1, 12, 1, 2, 2, 2, 13, 12, 1, 3, 1, 6, 1, 1, 33, 1, 5, 3, 1, 5, 15, 8, 8, 47, 1, 3, 2, 12, 2, 12, 1, 12, 1, 2, 5, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 2, 1, 1, 5, 1, 9, 14, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 9, 3, 22, 13, 1, 1, 3, 20, 1, 1, 61, 1, 376, 2, 107, 1, 10, 3, 2, 2, 31, 1, 2, 10, 2, 2, 62, 2, 2, 7, 4, 5, 6, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 8, 2, 73, 3, 5, 42, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 59, 6, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 6, 1, 2, 6, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 1, 8, 1, 4, 2, 5, 4, 7, 1, 4, 2, 2, 6, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 5, 1, 2, 1, 1, 10, 1, 6, 1, 129, 1, 4, 65, 2, 4, 4, 3, 2, 3, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 4, 2, 1, 2, 27, 6, 2, 1, 193, 1, 3, 9, 1, 3, 35, 2, 1, 8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 9, 3, 56, 1, 6, 6, 2, 8, 1, 8, 1, 2, 3, 6, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 13, 1, 1, 1, 1, 13, 2, 1, 3, 1, 3, 15, 2, 1, 1, 2, 4, 1, 4, 5, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 6, 1, 4, 12, 1, 1, 1, 1, 13, 1, 3, 4, 1, 1, 1, 2, 9, 1, 7, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 3, 4, 1, 1, 4, 3, 1, 39, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 7, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 114, 12, 4, 1, 3, 2, 1, 19, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 60, 3, 72, 2, 1, 1, 1, 50, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 4, 1, 7, 3, 1, 2, 1, 5, 1, 1, 1, 2, 6, 2, 21, 2, 6, 1, 6, 1, 1, 2, 1, 7, 1, 8, 1, 1, 5, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 11, 2, 4, 10, 2, 1, 1, 13, 1, 1, 7, 15, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 15, 8, 8, 2, 1, 13, 3, 5, 1, 2, 1, 6, 1, 10, 123, 3, 1, 4, 59, 4, 156, 88, 1, 5, 4, 1, 3, 1, 4, 2, 9, 1, 7, 4, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 11, 1, 13, 7, 7, 1, 63, 37, 12, 86, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 18, 1, 1, 1, 41, 2, 1, 1, 12, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 10, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 3, 1, 7, 5, 1, 9, 1, 2, 2, 7, 1, 1, 5, 2, 1, 3, 3, 5, 2, 1, 11, 3, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 14, 5, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 14, 1, 1, 58, 7, 1, 2, 1, 1, 5, 1, 2, 1, 5, 18, 1, 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 2, 5, 1, 148, 1, 9, 2, 1, 2, 1, 5, 4, 93, 1, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 73, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 34, 1, 5, 6, 1, 2, 1, 3, 4, 1, 16, 28, 17, 2, 5, 5, 26, ...

Most computer algebra systems provide relatively simple commands for obtaining as many terms as one wants. In Mathematica, for example, one can issue the command ContinuedFraction[Pi, 1000], replacing 1000 with whichever number one prefers. In this particular case, it only takes Mathematica a couple of seconds to give a thousand terms.




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This is version 2 of continued fraction of pi, born on 2007-01-18, modified 2007-01-19.
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Parent object: cofr? by CompositeFan on 2007-01-19 11:43:59
Am I the only one who thinks the parent object of this should be ContinuedFraction rather than Pi?
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