#5107: incorrect trailing digits for continued fraction
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Reporter: robertwb | Owner: somebody
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: critical | Milestone: sage-4.3.1
Component: basic arithmetic | Keywords:
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Upstream: N/A | Reviewer:
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Comment(by robertwb):
I find it surprising that {{{continued_fraction(x)}}}, where x is
symbolic, or even an exact rational, would only give me the continued
fraction of a numerical approximation to some number of bits. I guess what
would be ideal would be an ideal, lazy continued fraction class. What I
would find more useful than bits would be an nterms parameter that
specified the (minimum?) number of terms to give, and it would work with
sufficient precision to deduce all nterms coefficients correctly (e.g.
using interval arithmetic).
The fact that it's not documented is a huge step forward, so +1 to that.
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