A class representing a continued fraction.
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Continued fractions.
"""
from decimal import Decimal
from fractions import Fraction
class CFraction(list):
"""
A continued fraction, represented as a list of integer terms.
"""
def __init__(self, value, maxterms=15, cutoff=1e-10):
if isinstance(value, (int, float, Decimal)):
value = Decimal(value)
remainder = int(value)
self.append(remainder)
while len(self) < maxterms:
value -= remainder
if value > cutoff:
value = Decimal(1) / value
remainder = int(value)
self.append(remainder)
else:
break
elif isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
self.extend(value)
else:
raise ValueError("CFraction requires number or list")
def fraction(self, terms=None):
"Convert to a Fraction."
if terms is None or terms >= len(self):
terms = len(self) - 1
frac = Fraction(1, self[terms])
for t in reversed(self[1:terms]):
frac = 1 / (frac + t)
frac += self[0]
return frac
def __float__(self):
return float(self.fraction())
def __str__(self):
return "[%s]" % ", ".join([str(x) for x in self])
if __name__ == "__main__":
from math import e, pi, sqrt
numbers = {
"phi": (1 + sqrt(5)) / 2,
"pi": pi,
"e": e,
}
print "Continued fractions of well-known numbers"
for name, value in numbers.items():
print " %-8s %r" % (name, CFraction(value))
for name, value in numbers.items():
print
print "Approximations to", name
cf = CFraction(value)
for t in xrange(len(cf)):
print " ", cf.fraction(t)
print
print "Some irrational square roots"
for n in 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8:
print " ", "sqrt(%d) %r" % (n, CFraction(sqrt(n)))
print
print "Decimals from 0.1 to 0.9"
for n in xrange(1, 10):
cf = CFraction(n / 10.0)
print " ", float(cf), cf
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