Re: Program to calculate rational function with imbedded continued fraction
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- Subject: [mg69912] Re: Program to calculate rational function with imbedded continued fraction
- From: "Diana" <diana.mecum at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:05:05 -0400 (EDT)
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Dimitris, Thank you so much. I will try to be more clear. I am writing a thesis related to analogs of "e" in the function field case. e(1) is written as a continued fraction. One example of e(1) for characteristic 2 is the following: [i] = T^2^i - T e(1) - 1 = [0, [1], [2], [1], [3], [1], [2], [1], [4], [1], [2], [1], [3], [1], [2], [1], [5], [1], [2], [1], [3], [1], [2], [1], [4], [1], [2], [1], [3], [1], [2], [1], [6], [1], [2], [1], [3], [1], [2], [1], [4], [1], [2], [1], [3], [1], [2], [1], [5], [1], [2], [1], [3], [1], [2], [1], [4], [1], [2], [1], [3], [1], [2], [1], [7] ...] You see that the pattern does not repeat or terminate. I will only be able to provide a finite length of the sequence. Then, I am trying to calculate, for various x, y, z, w, xw - yz != 0 (xe(1) - y)/(ze(1) - w). x, y, z, and w are polynomials of T in characteristic 2. For example, (e(1) -t)(t^2e - 1) I am able to calculate FromContinuedFraction of each of the top and bottom expressions, but then need a program to calculate the continued fraction of that. I have attached a Mathematica file for which I need to calculate the continued fraction. So, for example, I would like to be able to calculate the continued fraction of (FromContinuedFraction[0, [1], [2], [1], [3], [1], [2], [4]] - T)/(T^2 FromContinuedFraction[0, [1], [2], [1], [3], [1], [2], [4]] -1) Thanks for your time. Diana