On evaluations of the cubic continued fraction by modular equations of degree 9
Journal of the Korean Society of Mathematical Education Series B: Theoretical Mathematics and Pedagogical Mathematics / Journal of the Korean Society of Mathematical Education Series B: Theoretical Mathematics and Pedagogical Mathematics, (P)3059-0604; (E)3059-1309
2016, v.23 no.3, pp.223-236
https://doi.org/10.7468/jksmeb.2016.23.3.223
PAEK, DAE HYUN
YI, JINHEE
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(2016). On evaluations of the cubic continued fraction by modular equations of degree 9, 23(3), 223-236, https://doi.org/10.7468/jksmeb.2016.23.3.223
Abstract
We show how to evaluate the cubic continued fraction $G(e^{-{\pi}\sqrt{n}})$ and $G(-e^{-{\pi}\sqrt{n}})$ for n = 4m, 4−m, 2 · 4m, and 2−1 · 4−m for some nonnegative integer m by using modular equations of degree 9. We then find some explicit values of them.
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continued fraction,
modular equations,
theta functions