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cflength

Option variable

cflength

Description

Default value: 1

cflength controls the number of terms of the continued fraction the function cf will give, as the value cflength times the period. Thus the default is to give one period.

(%i1) cflength: 1$
(%i2) cf ((1 + sqrt(5))/2);
(%o2)                    [1, 1, 1, 1, 2]
(%i3) cflength: 2$
(%i4) cf ((1 + sqrt(5))/2);
(%o4)               [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2]
(%i5) cflength: 3$
(%i6) cf ((1 + sqrt(5))/2);
(%o6)           [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2]
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