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Note on a Property of Circulating Decimals with an even number of Repeating Figures equivalent to a Vulgar Fraction with a Prime Number as Denominator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

Lawrence Crawford
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The property is, that if such a decimal has 2k repeating figures, the first k are a1, a2, &c, in order, and the second k are b1, b2, &c, in order, and the a'a and b's are such that

for example,

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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 20 , February 1901 , pp. 31 - 32
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1901