""" continued fractions >>> phi 1.6180371352785146
>>> pi 3.1415189855952756 """ phi =\ (1 + 1/ (1 + 1/ (1 + 1/ (1 + 1/ (1 + 1/ (1 + 1/ (1 + 1/ (1 + 1/ (1 + 1/ (1 + 1/ (1 + 1/ (1+ 1/ (1 + 1))))))))))))) pi =3 + \ (1**2/ (6 + 3**2/ (6 + 5**2/ (6 + 7**2/ (6 + 9**2/ (6 + 11**2/ (6 + 13**2/ (6 + 15**2/ (6 + 17**2/ (6 + 19**2/ (6 + 21**2/ (6 + 23**2/ (6 + 25**2/ (6+ 27**2/ 6)))))))))))))) def _test( ): import doctest doctest.testmod( ) if __name__ == "__main__": _test( ) _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig