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  1. Centre for Computer Assisted Research Mathematics and its Applications (CARMA), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia

    Francisco J. Aragón Artacho & Jonathan M. Borwein

  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    David H. Bailey

  3. IRMACS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada

    Peter B. Borwein

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Supported in part by the Director, Office of Computational and Technology Research, Division of Mathematical, Information, and Computational Sciences of the U.S. Department of Energy, under contract number DE-AC02-05CH11231.

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Aragón Artacho, F.J., Bailey, D.H., Borwein, J.M. et al. Walking on Real Numbers. Math Intelligencer 35, 42–60 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-012-9340-x

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