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Iterated complex radicals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

Peter L. Walker*
Affiliation:
Dept of Mathematics, University of Lancaster, Bailrigg, Lancaster

Extract

The question of the convergence of the sequence defined recursively by

for a given complex value of c, and a fixed determination of the square root was posed by Ogilvy [3], and partial solutions have been given by Rohde [4] and Gerber [5].

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1983

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