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Publication date: 1987
geometrycontinued fractionsEuclidean algorithmLagrangeEulerGaussregular polygonsanthyphairesisconcept of ratio
History of number theory (11-03) Continued fractions (11A55) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) Schools of mathematics (01A72) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)
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