Fast computation of periodic continued fractions (Q750520)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4175088
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    Fast computation of periodic continued fractions
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4175088

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      Fast computation of periodic continued fractions (English)
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      1989
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      The authors describe an O(log n) algorithm for computing the n-th convergent of a periodic continued fraction. Their algorithm is based on a scheme for substituting rational forms as symbolic terms in other rational forms. This allows a successive doubling of the number of cycles computed, where the first cycle is the periodic component of the continued fraction. The applications listed are to the computation of quadratic surds and to second order linear recurrences.
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      substitution scheme
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      algorithm
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      convergent of a periodic continued fraction
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      rational forms
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      computation of quadratic surds
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      second order linear recurrences
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