Intellectually Curious

The Stern-Brocot Tree: Fractions, Geometry, and Surprising Connections


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A deep dive into the Stern-Brocot tree: how mediants generate every positive rational, the magic of best rational approximations, and unexpected links to geometry and trigonometry—through stereographic projection to the unit circle and Pythagorean triples—plus a nod to real-world applications like gear design.


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Intellectually CuriousBy Mike Breault