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project_euler/e_57.py
Julien Lengrand-Lambert d6a04fbe42 Solves problem 59
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#!/usr/bin/env python
'''
Created on 10 feb. 2012
@author: Julien Lengrand-Lambert
DESCRIPTION: Solves problem 57 of Project Euler
It is possible to show that the square root of two can be expressed
as an infinite continued fraction.
sqrt 2 = 1 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + ... ))) = 1.414213...
By expanding this for the first four iterations, we get:
1 + 1/2 = 3/2 = 1.5
1 + 1/(2 + 1/2) = 7/5 = 1.4
1 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + 1/2)) = 17/12 = 1.41666...
1 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + 1/2))) = 41/29 = 1.41379...
The next three expansions are 99/70, 239/169, and 577/408,
but the eighth expansion, 1393/985, is the first example where the number
of digits in the numerator exceeds the number of digits in the denominator.
In the first one-thousand expansions, how many fractions contain a numerator
with more digits than denominator?
'''
if __name__ == '__main__':
print "plouf"
#print "Answer : %d " % (last_ten())