[Python-Dev] Rational approximation methods

Mark Dickinson dickinsm at gmail.com
Mon Jan 21 16:51:16 CET 2008


On Jan 21, 2008 3:44 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 21/01/2008, Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> wrote:> By "useful" I
> don't mean lots of people will use it ;-)  I mean /some/
> > people will use it -- a way to generate the sequence of convergents is
> > a fundamental tool that can be used for all sorts of stuff, by those
> > with advanced applications.
>
> Good point. Fundamental tools belong in the library. +1


How about a generator for the convergents in the rational module together
with an example in the documentation showing how to use the convergents to
implement something like trim?
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