On the Bauer-Muir transformation for continued fractions and its applications
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: On the Bauer-Muir transformation for continued fractions and its applications
zbMATH Open document ID: 0708.30006
DOI: 10.1016/0022-247X(90)90080-Y
author: Lisa Jacobsen
published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
publication date: 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The Bauer-Muir transformation transforms a continued fraction \(b_ 0+K(a_ n/b_ n)\) into a new continued fraction \(d_ 0+K(c_ n/d_ n)\) with approximants \[ d_ 0+{c_ 1\over d_ 1}+{c_ 2\over d_ 2}+\ldots +{c_ n\over d_ n} =b_ 0+{a_ 1\over b_ 1}+{a_ 2\over b_ 2}+\ldots +{a_ n\over b_ n+w_ n} \] for \(n=0,1,2,..\). for a given sequence \(\{w_ n\}\). Perron made extensive use of this transformation in his classical book on continued fractions to find the value of the continued fraction in some particular cases. His method was based on a theorem which required that all \(a_ n\), \(b_ n\) and \(w_ n\) were positive. This condition is not necessary. In the present paper Perron's theorem is generalized. We also show how the transformation can be used to derive ``better'' continued fractions. In addition, a theorem on convergence of continued fractions with elements polynomials in n is proved. Examples are taken from Ramanujan's work on continued fractions.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 30B70
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 40A15
zbMATH DE Number: 4163202
zbMATH Keywords: modifying factors
zbMATH Keywords: Ramanujan
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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