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elim
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Sum in the Form of continued Fractions

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I wonder what the LaTeX code for the expression looks like.
Any help is appreciated.
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Sum in the Form of continued Fractions

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The amsmath package offers the \genfrac command which can be used for some new definitions.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{mathtools}   % loads »amsmath«

\newcommand*{\fplus}{\genfrac{}{}{0pt}{}{}{+}}
\newcommand*{\fdots}{\genfrac{}{}{0pt}{}{}{\cdots}}

\begin{document}
  \[
    \frac{4}{\pi}=1+\frac{1^2}{2}\fplus\frac{3^2}{2}\fplus\frac{5^2}{2}\fplus\frac{7^2}{2}\fplus\fdots
  \]
\end{document}
See the amsmath manual for details.


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elim
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Re: Sum in the Form of continued Fractions

Post by elim »

Thanks a lot Thorsten! Your code works very well. I'll read the manual and digest this.
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