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Infinitely Continued (Posted on 2009-09-10) Difficulty: 3 of 5
The infinite continued fraction: x + 1/(x+ 1/(x + 1/(x+ ....))) is denoted by C(x).

Determine all possible pair(s)(g, h) of positive integers that satisfy this equation:

  2            1
-----  -   ------ = 1
C(g)       C(h)

  Submitted by K Sengupta    
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(1,4) is the only possible pair that satisfies all the given conditions.

Refer to the computer program aided solution located here and the analytical solution located here, each of which has been submitted by Daniel.

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  Subject Author Date
simpler solutionDaniel2009-09-10 16:06:22
computer aided analytic solutionDaniel2009-09-10 11:46:47
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