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The Simple Continued Fraction Expansion of e
Year of Award: 1973
Award: Chauvenet Prize
Publication Information: The American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 77 (1970), pp. 968-974
Summary: A reworking of Hermite’s derivation.
About the Author: (from The American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 77 (1970)) C.D. Olds was at San Jose State College at the time of publication.