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I'm interested in the arithmmetic of continued fractions and specially in multiplication. Consider $$ f(x)=\cfrac{f_{0}(x)}{1-\cfrac{f_{1}(x)}{1+f_{1}(x)-\cfrac{f_{2}(x)}{1+f_{2}(x)-\cfrac{f_{3}(x)}{1+f_{3}(x)-\cdots}}}} $$

and

$$ g(x)=\cfrac{g_{0}(x)}{1-\cfrac{g_{1}(x)}{1+g_{1}(x)-\cfrac{g_{2}(x)}{1+g_{2}(x)-\cfrac{g_{3}(x)}{1+g_{3}(x)-\cdots}}}} $$

Are there arithmetic rules (algorithms) for the multiplication of continued fractions? Specifically, is it possible to obtain a continued fraction $h(x)=f(x)\cdot g(x)$ where

$$ h(x)=\cfrac{h_{0}(x)}{1-\cfrac{h_{1}(x)}{1+h_{1}(x)-\cfrac{h_{2}(x)}{1+h_{2}(x)-\cfrac{h_{3}(x)}{1+h_{3}(x)-\cdots}}}} $$

I've found this, but I'd like more. Does anyone here knows of papers, algorithms, etc?

Thanks.


Update 1: Another link.

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    Well, there's always [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continued_fraction)...2011-10-26

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