Re: (how to) make a "boxes" from a MatrixForm representation?
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- Subject: [mg60205] Re: (how to) make a "boxes" from a MatrixForm representation?
- From: "Steve Luttrell" <steve_usenet at _removemefirst_luttrell.org.uk>
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 04:04:03 -0400 (EDT)
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You want to display a continued fraction. Have a look at ContinuedFractionForm which is in the standard package NumberTheory`ContinuedFractions`. Steve Luttrell <dbsearch04 at yahoo.com> wrote in message news:dfj9fq$rg4$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Hello notebook Gurus: > > I plead for some direction. I can get an expression to be made into a > "boxes" by somthing like this: > > g = ToBoxes[Nest[1 + 1/# &, y, 7]] > > So far, so good. Now I have a list in MatrixForm, that I want to make > into "boxes" also: > > a = {1, 21, 311, 4111, 51111, 611111, 7111111}; > (* here is what I want *) > a // MatrixForm > (* this is no good!@#$% *) > g1 = ToBoxes[a, MatrixForm] > > It will only take members of (the list) $BoxForms. > > Can you point me to the solution? > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards..Roger >