Fascinating fractions
By: N.M. Beskin ; translated from the Russian by V.I. Kisin.
Series: Little mathematics library
Publisher: Mir Publishers
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Moscow
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
Subjects: Continued fractions.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [88]
Table of contents: class: part
label: Preface; title: Two Historical Puzzles
class: chapter
label: 1; title: Archimedes' Puzzle
class: chapter
label: 1.1; title: Archimedes' Number
label: 1.1.1; label: 1.1.2
title: Approximation; title: Error of approximation
label: 1.1.3; title: Quality of approximation
label: 1.1.4; label: 1.2
title: The Puzzle of Pope Gregory XIII; label: 1.2.1
title: The Mathematical Problem of the Calendar; label: 1.2.2
title: The Julian and Gregorian Calendars; title: Formation of Continued Fractions
label: II