Generalized continued fractions: a unified definition and a Pringsheim-type convergence criterion

In the literature, many generalizations of continued fractions have been introduced, and for each of them, convergence results have been proved. In this paper, we suggest a definition of generalized continued fractions which covers a great variety of former generalizations as special cases. As a starting point for a convergence theory, we prove a Pringsheim-type convergence criterion which includes criteria for the aforementioned special cases. Furthermore, we address several fields in which our definition may be applied.

ARBITRARY ORDER RECURSIVE SEQUENCES AND ASSOCIATED CONTINUED FRACTIONS

The essential idea in this paper it to generalize and synthesize some of the pioneering ideas of Bernstein, Lucas and Horadam on generalizations of basic and primordial Fibonacci numbers and their arbitrary order generalizations and their relation to generalized continued fractions with matrices as the unifying elements.

Metrical property for GCFϵ expansion with the parameter function ϵ(k) = c(k + 1)

This paper is concerned with the metric properties of the generalized continued fractions (GCFϵ) with the parameter function ϵ(kn), where kn is the nth partial quotient of the GCFϵ expansion. When -1 < ϵ(kn) ≤ 1, Zhong [Metrical properties for a class of continued fractions with increasing digits, J. Number Theory128 (2008) 1506–1515] obtained the following metrical properties: [Formula: see text] which are entirely unrelated to the choice of ϵ(kn) ∈ (-1, 1]. Here we deal with the case of ϵ(k) = c(k + 1) with constant c ∈ (0, ∞). It is proved that: [Formula: see text] which change with the real c ∈ (0, ∞). Note that [Formula: see text] as c → 0, it indicates that when c → 0, the GCFϵ has the same metrical property as the case of -1 < ϵ(kn) ≤ 1.