On approximating irrational numbers as fractions (algorithms)

1 · Kiril Panayotov Blagoev · Jan. 23, 2020, midnight
Rational numbers are easy. But they are far outnumbered by irrationals. These beasts of infinitely-long decimal expansions take the vast majority of the infinity of real numbers. But we can't compute their exact values, so we use the next best thing - an approximation....