Definition:Continued Fraction/Simple

Definition
Let $\R$ be the field of real numbers.

Also known as
A simple continued fraction is also known as a regular continued fraction.

When the context is such that it is immaterial whether a simple continued fraction is finite or infinite, the abbreviation SCF can be used.

Also see

 * Definition:Continued Fraction Expansion of Real Number
 * Correspondence between Rational Numbers and Simple Finite Continued Fractions
 * Correspondence between Irrational Numbers and Simple Infinite Continued Fractions