More Designer Decimals: The Integers and Their Geometric Extensions
Authors: Chan, O-Yeat; Smoak, James
Source: The College Mathematics Journal, Volume 37, Number 5, November 2006 , pp. 355-363(9)
Publisher: Mathematical Association of America
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Abstract:
The fraction 10000/9801 has an intriguing decimal expansion, namely 1.02030405... In this paper, we investigate the properties of this fraction via an arithmetical approach. The approach also yields a class of fractions whose decimal expansions involve higher-dimensional analogues of the integers, the n-dimensional pyramidal numbers, thereby showing both arithmetic and geometric connections.Document Type: Research article
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