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Convergence of Continued Fractions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

William B. Jones  and
W. J. Thron
William B. Jones
Affiliation:
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
W. J. Thron
Affiliation:
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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Let {sn(z)} be a given sequence of linear fractional transformations (or simply l.f.t.'s) of the form

1.1

and let

1.2

The sequence of l.f.t.'s {Sn(z)} is called a continued fraction generating sequence (or simply a c.f.g. sequence).

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 20 , 1968 , pp. 1037 - 1055
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1968

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