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There are many ways to compute e. :) (The article's original title -- "To compute a constant of calculus: A treatise on multiple ways" -- described its purpose
by raiph 5y ago
There are many ways to compute e. :)
(The article's original title -- "To compute a constant of calculus: A treatise on multiple ways" -- described its purpose better than the truncated one submitted here on HN. I see posters suggesting various solutions. Perhaps someone will create a public repo based on the article and then folk can add solutions.)
> did not see the extremely easy and quite efficient method of calculating e through continued fractions.
(That could be misinterpreted by readers of this thread who have not read the OP. The OP includes several continued fractions, including ones that seem simpler to me than the one you've shown, though that might be because I'm no expert.)
I'm curious what name is normally given to the fraction you showed? And are you saying it is more efficient than the Brother series?