semiconvergent (English, noun)
expansion: semiconvergent (plural semiconvergents)
Senses:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A kind of fraction. If (h_n-1)/(k_n-1), (h_n)/(k_n) are successive convergents, then any fraction of the form (h_n-1+ah_n)/(k_n-1+ak_n), where a is a nonnegative integer and the numerators and denominators are between the n and n+1 terms inclusive, is a semiconvergent.
Forms:
form: semiconvergents
tags: plural