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Gauss continued-fraction map
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Created
2026-10-05
Updated
2026-10-06
The
map
T
(
x
)
=
1/
x
−
⌊
1/
x
⌋
on
(
0
,
1
]
, with
T
(
0
)
=
0
. Its digit
N
(
x
)
=
⌊
1/
x
⌋
gives the successive partial
quotients
N
(
T
j
x
)
of
a
continued fraction
. This is distinct from the geometric
Gauss map
assigning
surface
normals.
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