What is the simple continued fraction of $τ$ ($2π$)?

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$$2\pi \approx 6+\cfrac{1}{ 3+\cfrac{1}{ 1+\cfrac{1}{ 1+\cfrac{1}{ 7+\cfrac{1}{ 2+\cfrac{1}{ 146+\cfrac{1}{ 3+\cfrac{1}{ 1+\cfrac{1}{ 138+\cdots}}}}}}}}}$$

In How to find continued fraction of pi I explained how to calculate a simple continued fraction, using $\pi$ as an example. It's straightforward arithmetic and does not require any theory.

Once we have a few terms, we can search for them in the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, which produces sequence A058291, “Continued fraction for 2 Pi”. This page gives 97 terms, has a link to a listing of 20,000 terms, and other links to more information.