scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4018972

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Authors David Fowler

Publication date 1987

zbMATH Keywords

anthyphairesisconcept of ratiocontinued fractionsEuclidean algorithmEulerGaussgeometryLagrangeregular polygons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) Schools of mathematics (01A72) History of number theory (11-03) Continued fractions (11A55)

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