Print Email Facebook Twitter Christiaan Huygens' Planetarium Title Christiaan Huygens' Planetarium Author Amin, H. Contributor Kraaikamp, C. (mentor) Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Department EWI Programme Technisch Wiskunde Date 2010-02-01 Abstract In this project you will read how Christiaan Huygens used continued fractions to build a Planetarium. Continued fractions are rational approximation for (ir)rational numbers. Continued fractions resembles the Pythagoras theorem, as neither the discoverer nor their origin is known. Examples of continued fractions can be found throughout mathematics over the last 2000 years. Nevertheless, we know that Christiaan was the first to demonstrate a practical application for them. Subject planetariumkettingbreuken To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6bd6d578-0061-4979-b30e-3bbfba53b1d2 Embargo date 2010-08-31 Part of collection Student theses Document type bachelor thesis Rights (c) 2010 Amin, H. Files PDF BachelorVerslag.pdf 680.58 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:6bd6d578-0061-4979-b30e-3bbfba53b1d2/datastream/OBJ/view