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12,000+ Interactive Demonstrations Powered by Notebook Technology TOPICS LATEST ABOUT AUTHORING AREA PARTICIPATE Your browser does not support JavaScript or it may be disabled Fundamental Unit For a squarefree integer the number is a fundamental unit if Basically , there are no fractions in either the number or its reciprocal . For example , the fundamental unit of is The reciprocal of the fundamental unit is For squarefree integers mod 4 the value is a fundamental unit if In these cases , is . allowed Thus , the fundamental unit is either or Except for the golden ratio , one of the continued fraction convergents of is Also , equals one of the values There are no smaller integers and that give that value for the given Contributed by : Ed Pegg Jr THINGS TO TRY Slider Zoom Gamepad Controls