OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
This is the smallest ripple factor (a constant) for which the prototype elements of the generalized reflectionless filter topology (see Morgan, 2017) needs no negative elements, where the order of the filter approaches infinity. It is also the ripple factor for which the first two and last two Chebyshev prototype parameters (of the canonical ladder, or Cauer, topology) are equal.
Other related sequences in the OEIS are the decimal and continued fraction expansions of the limiting ripple factors for third, fifth, seventh, and ninth order, as well as for the limiting case where the order diverges to infinity. As these ripple factors do approach a common limit very quickly, the sequences for the fifth- and higher-order constants share the same initial terms, to greater length as the order increases.
There are simple radical expressions for the third- and fifth-order constants (see formulas). Further, the third-order constant is a quadratic irrational, thus having a repeating continued fraction expansion. I do not know if such simple expressions or patterns exist for the higher-order constants or the limiting (infinite-order) constant.
REFERENCES
M. Morgan, Reflectionless Filters, Norwood, MA: Artech House, pp. 129-132, January 2017.
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..9999
EXAMPLE
1/(4 + 1/(1 + 1/(1 + 1/(3 + 1/(1 + 1/(22 + 1/(1 + 1/(3 + 1/(3 +...
MATHEMATICA
ContinuedFraction[Sqrt[Exp[4 ArcTanh[Exp[-(Pi Sqrt[2])]]] - 1], 130]
PROG
(Magma) R:= RealField(); ContinuedFraction(Sqrt(Exp( 4*Argtanh(Exp (-(Pi(R)*Sqrt(2))))) - 1)); // Michel Marcus, Feb 17 2018
(PARI) contfrac(sqrt(exp(4*atanh(exp(-Pi*sqrt(2)))) - 1)) \\ Michel Marcus, Feb 17 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
cofr,easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Matthew A. Morgan, Oct 18 2017
EXTENSIONS
Offset changed by Andrew Howroyd, Aug 10 2024
STATUS
approved