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Incommensurate Numbers, Continued Fractions, and Fractal Immittances

1988/11/01 by Akhlesh Lakhtakia, A. Lakhtakia, R. Messier +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Theoretical and Computational Physics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1515/zna-1988-1106

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Abstract

Abstract Continued fractions have a rich tradition in the theory of numbers; e.g., non-terminating con­ tinued fractions represent irrational numbers. It will be shown that a class of continued fractions possess the property of self-referential decomposition, and their interpretation in the form of non-terminating ladder circuits gives rise to fractal immittances with potential analogies to rough surfaces, thin cermet films, as well as to the internal void network structure of thick films.

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