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Continued Fraction Unit Fraction Algorithm

An algorithm for computing an Egyptian fraction, called the Farey sequence method by Bleicher (1972).

 

Egyptian Fraction




References

Bleicher, M. N. "A New Algorithm for the Expansion of Continued Fractions." J. Number Th. 4, 342-382, 1972.

Eppstein, D. Egypt.ma Mathematica notebook. http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/numth/egypt/egypt.ma.