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§29.3(iii) Continued Fractions
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►satisfies the continued-
fraction equation
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►The continued
fraction following the second negative sign on the left-hand side of (
29.3.10) is finite: it equals 0 if
, and if
, then the last denominator is
.
If
is a nonnegative integer and
, then the continued
fraction on the right-hand side of (
29.3.10) terminates, and (
29.3.10) has only the solutions (
29.3.9) with
.
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►To complete the definitions,
is positive and
is negative.
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