Math::Rational::Approx::ContFrac - Rational number approximation via continued fractions
use Math::Rational::Approx::ContFrac; $x = Math::Rational::Approx::ContFrac->new( x => 1.234871035, n => 10 ); ( $n, $d ) = $x->approx; # continue for an additonal number of steps ( $n, $d ) = $x->approx( 3 );
This module is an object oriented front end to the Math::Rational::Approx::contfrac function
$obj = Math::Rational::ContFrac->new( %attr );
Construct an object which will maintain state for the continued fraction. The following attributes are available:
The number to approximate. It must be positive.
The number of terms to generate. This may be augmented in calls to the approx method.
( $n, $d ) = $obj->approx; ( $n, $d ) = $obj->approx($n);
Calculate the continued fractions and return the associated nominator and denominator. If $n is not specified, the number of terms generated is that specified in the call to the constructor, plus any terms requested by additional calls to approx with $n specified.
$n
$n specifies the number of additional terms to generate beyond what has already been requested.
$x = $obj->x;
The original number to be approximated.
$n = $obj->n;
The number of terms generated.
$arrayref = $obj->terms
Returns an arrayref of the current terms.
The residual of the input number as a Math::BigFloat object. This is not the difference between the input number and the rational approximation.
Math::BigFloat, Moo, MooX::Types::MooseLike::Numeric, Params::Validate
None reported.
No bugs have been reported.
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-math-rational-approx-contfrac@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Math-Rational-Approx.
bug-math-rational-approx-contfrac@rt.cpan.org
Math::BigFloat, Moo, MooX::Types::MooseLike, Params::Validate, Math::Rational::Approx.
Diab Jerius <djerius@cpan.org>
Copyright (c) 2012 The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Math::Rational::Approx is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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To install Math::Rational::Approx, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Math::Rational::Approx
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Math::Rational::Approx
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