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Finding the repetend length of a decimal expansion

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Brent

We’re still trying to find the prefix length and repetend length of the decimal expansion of a fraction , that is, the length of the part before it starts repeating, and the length of the repeating part. In my previous … Continue reading →

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Finding the prefix length of a decimal expansion

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Brent

Remember from my previous post that we’re trying to find the prefix length and repetend length of the decimal expansion of a fraction , that is, the length of the part before it starts repeating, and the length of the … Continue reading →

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Finding prefix and repetend length

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Brent

We interrupt your regularly scheduled primality testing to bring you something else fun I’ve been thinking about. It’s well-known that any rational number has a decimal expansion that either terminates, or is eventually periodic—that is, the digits after the decimal … Continue reading →

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