On Feb 18, 1:25 pm, Carl Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 17, 1:45 pm, Lie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Any iteration with repeated divisions and additions can thus run the > > > denominators up. This sort of calculation is pretty common (examples: > > > compound interest, numerical integration). > > > Wrong. Addition and subtraction would only grow the denominator up to > > a certain limit > > I said repeated additions and divisions.
Repeated Addition and subtraction can't make fractions grow infinitely, only multiplication and division could. > Anyways, addition and subtraction can increase the denominator a lot > if for some reason you are inputing numbers with many different > denominators. Up to a certain limit. After you reached the limit, the fraction would always be simplifyable. If the input numerator and denominator have a defined limit, repeated addition and subtraction to another fraction will also have a defined limit. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
