There's a Limit

Explore the continued fraction: 2+3/(2+3/(2+3/2+...)) What do you notice when successive terms are taken? What happens to the terms if the fraction goes on indefinitely?

Not Continued Fractions

Which rational numbers cannot be written in the form x + 1/(y + 1/z) where x, y and z are integers?

Comparing Continued Fractions

Which of these continued fractions is bigger and why?

And So on - and on -and On

Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:

Let $$ f_{0}(x)= \frac{1}{1-x}$$ and $$f_{n}(x)=f_{0}(f_{n-1}(x))$$ where $n = 1,2, 3, 4, ...$

Evaluate $f_{2000}(2000)$

Recurrence relations. Calculating with fractions. Inequality/inequalities. Number theory. Cyclic functions. Patterned numbers. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Creating and manipulating expressions. Creating expressions/formulae. Generalising.

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And So on - and on -and On

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