// Use the classic continued fraction for e
// e = [1; 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, ... 2n, 1, 1, ...]
// i.e., for the nth term, use
// 1 if n mod 3 != 1
// (n-1)/3 * 2 if n mod 3 == 1
func recur(n, lim int64) *big.Rat {
term := new(big.Rat)
if n%3 != 1 {
term.SetInt64(1)
} else {
term.SetInt64((n - 1) / 3 * 2)
}
if n > lim {
return term
}
// Directly initialize frac as the fractional
// inverse of the result of recur.
frac := new(big.Rat).Inv(recur(n+1, lim))
return term.Add(term, frac)
}
func ExampleRat_SetString() {
r := new(big.Rat)
r.SetString("355/113")
fmt.Println(r.FloatString(3))
// Output: 3.142
}