History of Continued Fractions and Padé Approximants

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INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: THE EARLY AGES
1.1 Euclid's algorithm
1.2 The square root
1.3 Indeterminate equations
1.4 History of notations
CHAPTER 2: THE FIRST STEPS
2.1 Ascending continued fractions
2.2 The birth of continued fractions
2.3 Miscellaneous contributions
2.4 Pell's equation
CHAPTER 3: THE BEGINNING OF THE THEORY
3.1 Brouncker and Wallis
3.2 Huygens
3.3 Number theory
CHAPTER 4: GOLDEN AGE
4.1 Euler
4.2 Lambert
4.3 Lagrange
4.4 Miscellaneous contributions
4.5 The birth of Padé approximants
CHAPTER 5: MATURITY
5.1 Arithmetical continued fractions
	5.1.1 Algebraic properties
	5.1.2 Arithmetic
	5.1.3 Applications
	5.1.4 Number theory
	5.1.5 Convergence
5.2 Algebraic continued fractions
	5.2.1 Expansion methods and properties
	5.2.2 Examples and applications
	5.2.3 Orthogonal polynomials
	5.2.4 Convergence and analytic theory
	5.2.5 Padé approximants
5.3 Varia
CHAPTER 6: THE MODERN TIMES
6.1 Number theory
6.2 Set and probability theories
6.3 Convergence and analytic theory
6.4 Padé approximants
6.5 Extensions and applications
APPENDIX
DOCUMENTS
	Document 1: L'algèbre des géomètres grecs
	Document 2: Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences
	Document 3: Encyclopédie (Supplément)
	Document 4: Elementary Mathematics from an advanced standpoint
	Document 5: Sur quelques applications des fractions continues
	Document 6: Rapport sur un Mémoire de M. Stieltjes
	Document 7: Correspondance d'Hermite et de Stieltjes
	Doèument 8: Notice sur les travaux et titres
	Document 9: Note annexe sur les fractions continues
SCIENTIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
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HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
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