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On the convergence of continued fractions at Runckel's points and the Ramanujan conjecture

Complex Variables 2018-08-21 v1

Abstract

We consider the limit periodic continued fractions of Stieltjes 11g1z1g2(1g1)z1g3(1g2)z1...,,zC,gi(0,1),limigi=1/2,(1) \frac{1}{1-} \frac{g_1 z}{1-} \frac{g_2(1-g_1) z}{1-} \frac{g_3(1-g_2)z}{1-...,}, z\in \mathbb C, g_i\in(0,1), \lim\limits_{i\to \infty} g_i=1/2, \quad (1) appearing as Shur--Wall gg-fraction representations of certain analytic self maps of the unit disc w<1|w|< 1, wCw \in \mathbb C. We precise the convergence behavior and prove the general convergence [2, p. 564 ] of (1) at the Runckel's points of the singular line (1,+)(1,+\infty) It is shown that in some cases the convergence holds in the classical sense. As a result a counterexample to the Ramanujan conjecture [1, p. 38-39] stating the divergence of a certain class of limit periodic continued fractions is constructed.

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@article{arxiv.math/0412298,
  title  = {On the convergence of continued fractions at Runckel's points and the Ramanujan conjecture},
  author = {Alexei Tsygvintsev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0412298},
  year   = {2018}
}

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8 pages