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Gosper–Niqui Calculator (snafu.cc)
9 points by hakmem 1046 days ago
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hakmem 1046 days ago
+ - * ÷ two numbers in 3.14 decimal notation, 1RLLRRLLRRLLRR stern–brocot notation, or [1;1,2,1] something close to continued fraction notation

Milad Niqui: Exact arithmetic on the Stern-Brocot tree. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/82481132.pdf

HAKMEM p. 40 - ITEM 101B (Gosper): Continued Fraction Arithmetics https://w3.pppl.gov/~hammett/work/2009/AIM-239-ocr.pdf

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mutant_glofish 1046 days ago
Hey, this is quite interesting!

I vouched for your submission and your comment. Just wanted to let you know that there seems to be some issue with your account causing your comments and submissions to be automatically flagged. You may want to contact HN moderators (hn@ycombinator.com) about that.

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hakmem 1045 days ago
Thank you for both vouching and the hinting on my flagging.
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carapace 1043 days ago
Wow, cool!
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