Quantum Computing.
obtained by neglecting all a’s deeper than a certain level is an increasingly close approximation of the original fraction. With s = 427 and L = 512 a_0 = 0, a_1 = 1, a_2 = 5, a_3 = 42, a_4 = 2 and all other a’s are 0. The first approximations to s/L are then 0 + 1/1 = 1 and 0 + 1/(1 + 1/5) = 5/6.