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Re:Gosper–Niqui Calculator by hakmem on Saturday August 12, 2023 @03:06PM (#37103221)
+ - * ÷ two numbers in 3.14 decimal notation, 1RLLRRLLRRLLRR stern–brocot notation, or [1;1,2,1] something close to continued fraction notation

Milad Niqui: Exact arithmetic on the Stern-Brocot tree. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/82481132.pdf

HAKMEM p. 40 - ITEM 101B (Gosper): Continued Fraction Arithmetics https://w3.pppl.gov/~hammett/work/2009/AIM-239-ocr.pdf

Re:Gosper–Niqui Calculator by mutant_glofish on Saturday August 12, 2023 @03:14PM (#37103284)
Hey, this is quite interesting!

I vouched for your submission and your comment. Just wanted to let you know that there seems to be some issue with your account causing your comments and submissions to be automatically flagged. You may want to contact HN moderators ([email protected]) about that.

Re:Gosper–Niqui Calculator by hakmem on Sunday August 13, 2023 @03:24AM (#37107495)
Thank you for both vouching and the hinting on my flagging.