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§4.9 Continued Fractions

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Referenced by:
§3.10(ii)
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Contents
  1. §4.9(i) Logarithms
  2. §4.9(ii) Exponentials
  3. §4.9(iii) Powers

§4.9(i) Logarithms

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Keywords:
continued fractions, logarithm function
Notes:
See Wall (1948, pp. 342–343).
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4.9.1 ln⁡(1+z)=z1+z2+z3+4⁢z4+4⁢z5+9⁢z6+9⁢z7+⁢⋯,
|ph⁡(1+z)|<π.
4.9.2 ln⁡(1+z1−z)=2⁢z1−z23−4⁢z25−9⁢z27−16⁢z29−⁢⋯,
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Symbols:
ln⁡z: principal branch of logarithm function and z: complex variable
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4.1.40
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valid when z∈ℂ∖(−∞,−1]∪[1,∞); see Figure 4.23.1(i).

For other continued fractions involving logarithms see Lorentzen and Waadeland (1992, pp. 566–568). See also Cuyt et al. (2008, pp. 196–200).

§4.9(ii) Exponentials

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Keywords:
continued fractions, exponential function
Notes:
See Wall (1948, p. 348).
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For z∈ℂ,

4.9.3 ez =11−z1+z2−z3+z2−z5+z2−⁢⋯
=1+z1−z2+z3−z2+z5−z2+z7−⁢⋯
=1+z1−(z/2)+z2/(4⋅3)1+z2/(4⋅15)1+z2/(4⋅35)1+⁢⋯⁢z2/(4⁢(4⁢n2−1))1+⁢⋯
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Symbols:
e: base of natural logarithm, n: integer and z: complex variable
A&S Ref:
4.2.40
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4.9.4 ez−en−1⁡(z)=znn!−n!⁢z(n+1)+z(n+2)−(n+1)⁢z(n+3)+2⁢z(n+4)−⁢(n+2)⁢z(n+5)+3⁢z(n+6)−⁢⋯,

where

4.9.5 en⁡(z)=∑k=0nzkk!.
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Defines:
en⁡(z): expansion of exponential (locally)
Symbols:
!: factorial (as in n!), k: integer, n: integer and z: complex variable
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For other continued fractions involving the exponential function see Lorentzen and Waadeland (1992, pp. 563–564). See also Cuyt et al. (2008, pp. 193–195).

§4.9(iii) Powers

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Annotations for §4.9 and Ch.4

See Cuyt et al. (2008, pp. 217–220).

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