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tag: 04VA28F3HB
kind: concept
name: Continued fraction expansion of a real number
msc: [11A55]
sources:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_continued_fraction
    locator: lead section
---

## Summary

The continued fraction expansion of a real number is the simple continued fraction found by taking integer parts and reciprocals again and again.
The [[definition of the continued fraction expansion|0SJ7Z6VKWK]] gives the precise form.