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Identity for continued fractions

For continued fractions you can write an identity

 

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Explanation

A check shows that it's true, because

so that

We can use this to develop continued fractions.

 

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History This formula was developed by the Italian mathematician Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736 - 1813).

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