A Short Proof of the Simple Continued Fraction Expansion of 𝑒

DOI10.2307/27641837zbMath1145.11012arXivmath/0601660OpenAlexW2950053447WikidataQ56228600 ScholiaQ56228600MaRDI QIDQ5440757

Henry Cohn

Publication date: 5 February 2008

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601660

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continued fractions and generalizations (11J70) Continued fractions (11A55) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

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