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  1. Dreher High School, Columbia, S.C., USA

    Myra F. Wyman

  2. Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University, 231 West 18th Avenue, 43210, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Bostwick F. Wyman

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Wyman, M.F., Wyman, B.F. An essay on continued fractions. Math. Systems Theory 18, 295–328 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01699475

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