A221364 The simple continued fraction expansion of F(x) := Product_{n >= 0} (1 - x^(4*n+3))/(1 - x^(4*n+1)) when x = 1/2*(3 - sqrt(5)).

1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 16, 1, 45, 1, 121, 1, 320, 1, 841, 1, 2205, 1, 5776, 1, 15125, 1, 39601, 1, 103680, 1, 271441, 1, 710645, 1, 1860496, 1, 4870845, 1, 12752041, 1, 33385280, 1, 87403801, 1, 228826125, 1, 599074576, 1, 1568397605, 1, 4106118241, 1, 10749957120, 1, 28143753121

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Author

Peter Bala, Jan 15 2013

Keywords

• nonn
• easy
• cofr

Comments

The function F(x) := Product_{n >= 0} (1 - x^(4*n+3))/(1 - x^(4*n+1)) is analytic for |x| < 1. When x is a quadratic irrational of the form x = 1/2*(N - sqrt(N^2 - 4)), N an integer greater than 2, the real number F(x) has a predictable simple continued fraction expansion. The first examples of these expansions, for N = 2, 4, 6 and 8, are due to Hanna. See A174500 through A175503. The present sequence is the case N = 3. See also A221365 (N = 5), A221366 (N = 7), A221369 (N = 9).

If we denote the present sequence by [1, c(1), 1, c(2), 1, c(3), ...] then for k = 1, 2, ..., the simple continued fraction expansion of F((1/2*(3 - sqrt(5)))^k) is given by the sequence [1; c(k), 1, c(2*k), 1, c(3*k), 1, ...]. Examples are given below.

Examples

			F(1/2*(3 - sqrt(5))) = 1.53879 34992 88095 08323 ... = 1 + 1/(1 + 1/(1 + 1/(5 + 1/(1 + 1/(16 + 1/(1 + 1/(45 + ...))))))).
F((1/2*(3 - sqrt(5)))^2) = 1.16725 98258 10214 95210 ... = 1 + 1/(5 + 1/(1 + 1/(45 + 1/(1 + 1/(320 + 1/(1 + 1/(2205 + ...))))))).
F((1/2*(3 - sqrt(5)))^3) = 1.05883 42773 67371 19975 ... = 1 + 1/(16 + 1/(1 + 1/(320 + 1/(1 + 1/(5776 + 1/(1 + 1/(103680 + ...))))))).
		

Links

• Peter Bala, Some simple continued fraction expansions for an infinite product, Part 1
• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (0,4,0,-4,0,1).

Crossrefs

Cf. A001906, A002878, A004146, A049684, A081070, A081071, A174500 (N = 4), A221365 (N = 5), A221366 (N = 7), A221369 (N = 9).

Formula

a(2*n-1) = (1/2*(3 + sqrt(5)))^n + (1/2*(3 - sqrt(5)))^n - 2 = A004146(n); a(2*n) = 1.

a(4*n+1) = A081071(n) = A002878(n)^2;

a(4*n-1) = A081070(n) = 5*A049684(n) = 5*(A001906(n))^2.

a(n) = 4*a(n-2)-4*a(n-4)+a(n-6). G.f.: -(x^4+x^3-3*x^2+x+1) / ((x-1)*(x+1)*(x^2-x-1)*(x^2+x-1)). - Colin Barker, Jan 20 2013

Extensions

More terms from Michel Marcus, Feb 21 2025