MAA Writing Awards

The Simple Continued Fraction Expansion of e

by C.D. Olds

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.

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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.