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A Continued Fraction For Pi Containing Cubes-Author Tony Foster
A Continued Fraction For Pi Containing Cubes-Author Tony Foster
A Continued Fraction For Pi Containing Cubes-Author Tony Foster
Containing Cubes
Consider the Nilakantha Infinite Series for 3 ; note the denominators are
Pythagorean triple areas.
With a little bit of mathematical ingenuity, we factor out the squares in the
C.F. denominators and divide them into the C.F. numerators.
Actually, the numerators are squares. After 1, the pattern reveals every other
triangular number squared.
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