Need algorithm to convert general continued fraction to simple continued fraction
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- Subject: [mg70171] Need algorithm to convert general continued fraction to simple continued fraction
- From: "Diana" <diana.mecum at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 01:58:46 -0400 (EDT)
Math folks,
I have a general continued fraction, the partial quotients of which are
comprised of arbitrary polynomials in t. These arbitrary polynomials do
not repeat in a regular fashion, but I have the continued fraction
expansion available to any desired length.
I would like to know if there is an alogrithm which I could use, and
then code with Mathematica, which would allow me to convert this
fraction to a simple continued fraction.
In other words, I would like to replace a non-zero a_0 term with 0.
So, is there a way to convert:
[{1/(t^2+t+1), t^4-t, t^2-t, t^4-t, ...}] (These polynomials in t are
arbitrary but known.)
to:
[{0, ...}]?