Problem 1289. Evaluating continued fractions

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Dyuman Joshi on 12 Oct 2022

I don't understand why there is a difference in precision using for/while loop v/s using recursion.

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Zikobrelli on 10 Feb 2014

just to test the function
%José Ramón Menzinger's Solution

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J.R.! Menzinger on 26 Feb 2013

not a bad idea but...
try this:

function ans = contfrac(c)
%%
c(:,1);
if size(c,2)>1
ans + 1./contfrac(c(:,2:end));
end

Solution 207165

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choi on 7 Nov 2013

how can i see this??

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