CONTINUED FRACTIONS by CD Olds
NEW MATHEMATICAL LIBRARY published by Random House and The L. W. Singer Company for the CONTINUED FRACTIONS Monograph Project of the SCHOOL MATHEMATICS STUDY GROUPt by C. D. Olds Sun Jose State College EDITORIAL PANEL Mark Kac, Chairman (1961-1964) Anneli Lax, Technical Editor Rockefeller Institute New York University E. G. Begle, Stanford University L. Bers (1958-62; Chairman, 1958-1961), New York University W. G. Chinn (1961-64), San Francisco Public Schools H. S. M. Coxeter (1958-61), University of Toronto P. J. Davis (1961-64)) National Bureau of Standards P. R. Halmos (1958-63), University of Jiichigan J. H. Hlavaty (1958-63), Detl'itt Clinton High School N. Jacobson (1958-61), Yale University R. S. Pieters (1958-62), Phillips Academy H. 0. Pollak (1958-61), Bell Telephone Laboratories, Znc. G. Pdlya (1958-61), Stanford University H. E. Robbins (1958-61), Columbia University W. W. Sawyer (1958-60), Weskyan University N. E. Steenrod (1958-62), Princeton University J. J. Stoker (1958-61), New York University L. Zippin (1958-61), Queens College t The School Mathematics Study Group represents all parts of the mathe- matical profession and all parts of the country. Its activities are aimed at the RANDOM HOUSE improvement of teaching of mathematics in our schools. Further information can be obtained from: School Mathematics Study Group, School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Note to the Reader his book is one of a series written by professional mathematicians Tin order to make some important mathematical ideas interesting and understandable to a large audience of high school students and laymen.
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