Definition talk:Continued Fraction/Expansion of Real Number

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What does this page add which is not on the main page? --prime mover (talk) 08:34, 12 July 2017 (EDT)

This is to make clear what is meant when talking about the continued fraction of a real number. Take for example Condition for Rational to be Convergent: the statement of the theorem links to Definition:Convergent of Continued Fraction, but it does not specify which continued fraction of $x$ we're talking about. There are plenty continued fractions converging to $x$, if we allow non-integers as partial quotients, but the theorem implicitly assumes the reader understands it is the one defined on this page.
This is the beginning of an attempt to remedy this ambiguity everywhere. The idea is to add a note at Definition:Convergent of Continued Fraction (and other pages) saying: "When dealing with real numbers, unless otherwise specified it is assumed we're talking about the usual continued fraction defined in Definition:Continued Fraction/Expansion of Real Number." --barto (talk) 08:52, 12 July 2017 (EDT)
What I'm trying to guard against is for an entire field of mathematics being duplicated on ProofWiki in different language with different terminology and from an infinitesimally different direction. --prime mover (talk) 10:06, 12 July 2017 (EDT)