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A rational number is a number of the form p/q, where p and q are integers. That is, the rational numbers are those numbers that can be represented as the quotient of two integers. The way in which MATLAB treats rational numbers is different from the majority of calculators.
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López, C.P. (2014). Real and Complex Numbers. In: MATLAB Numerical Calculations. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0346-0_3
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