Re: general solution for element of series
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- Subject: [mg39922] Re: general solution for element of series
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 02:28:03 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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- Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
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Hi, just define H[x_, 1] := 1/x H[x_, n_Integer] := H[x, n] = 1/(x - H[x, n - 1]) Regards Jens Michael Beqq wrote: > > Suppose I have expressions of x generated by some function f for any given > j: > > (j=1) => z=1/x=H[x,1] > (j=2) => z=1/(x-(1/x))=H[x,2] > (j=3) => z=1/(x-(1/(x-(1/x))))=H[x,3] > (j=4) => z=1/(x-1/(x-(1/(x-(1/x)))))=H[x,4] > ........... > (j=j) => z= H(x,j) > > I would like to know how I can find the function that generates this > sequence for some particular element j, that is, for any j=1,....,J I can > express z as a function of x and j; for example, if j=2 I would like to get > z=1/(x-(1/x)), while if j=3 I would like to get z=1/(x-(1/(x-(1/x)))). > There must be a way to do that, at least I hope so, because there exist > operators in Mathematica 4.0 (full version) that allow one to get any > element, z, of the sequence if one knows the generating function, f, and the > element's number, j (in short, I need to find the functional form of > H[x,j]). > > I hope I was clear enough :) > > Please help. Michael Beqq