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On Recurring Decimals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2008

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§ 1. The present note gives two methods by which vulgar fractions may often be converted into decimals with great rapidity. It is not pretended, however, that they are more than mere curiosities or that they are of practical use. The first method is not new, but I have never seen the second mentioned anywhere. The proofs are almost self-evident.

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