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On the Hankel transform of C-fractions

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2012-12-18 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

We study the Hankel transforms of sequences whose generating function can be expressed as a C-fraction. In particular, we relate the index sequence of the non-zero terms of the Hankel transform to the powers appearing in the monomials defining the C-fraction. A closed formula for the Hankel transforms studied is given. As every power-series can be represented by a C-fraction, this gives in theory a closed form formula for the Hankel transform of any sequence. The notion of multiplicity is introduced to differentiate between Hankel transforms.

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@article{arxiv.1212.3490,
  title  = {On the Hankel transform of C-fractions},
  author = {Paul Barry},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.3490},
  year   = {2012}
}

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