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Exploring continued fractions: from the integers to solar eclipses
There is a nineteen-year recurrence in the apparent position of the sun and moon against the background of the stars, a pattern observed long ago by the Babylonians. In the course of those nineteen years the Earth experiences 235 lunar cycles. Suppose we calculate the ratio of Earth's period ab...
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American Mathematical Society
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/2686152 |