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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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Autor principal: Simoson, Andrew J
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: American Mathematical Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2686152

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