Continued Fractions

To write the continued fraction expansion for a number or function, select it and either:

Then press [Enter].

Mathcad returns the answer as a column vector of the form

Column vector of length n

which represents the continued fraction

Continued fraction of length n

Optional Arguments:

To return the answer as a continued fraction, rather than a vector, type a comma after "confrac" and type the argument "fraction" in the placeholder that appears.

By default, Mathcad returns enough terms of the continued fraction so that the result is accurate to within 10 significant digits. You can specify a different accuracy for the result by typing a comma after "confrac," followed by a positive integer for the number of significant digits.

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