OFFSET
0,2
LINKS
A. N. Stokes, Continued fraction solutions of the Riccati equation, Bull. Austral. Math. Soc. Vol. 25 (1982), 207-214.
FORMULA
Let t(n) = Product_{k = 1..n} 3*k-1 = A008544(n) (triple factorial numbers).
O.g.f.: A(x) = ( Sum_{k >= 0} t(k+3)/t(3)*x^k )/( Sum_{k >= 0} t(k+2)/t(2)*x^k ).
A(x)/(1 - 8*x*A(x)) = Sum_{k >= 0} t(k+3)/t(3)*x^k.
A(x) = 1/(1 + 8*x - 11*x/(1 + 11*x - 14*x/(1 + 14*x - 17*x/(1 + 17*x - ... )))) (continued fraction).
A(x) satisfies the Riccati differential equation 3*x^2*d/dx(A(x)) + 8*x*R(n,x)^2 - (1 + 5*x)*R(n,x) + 1 = 0 with A(0) = 1.
Applying Stokes 1982 gives A(x) = 1/(1 - 3*x/(1 - 11*x/(1 - 6*x/(1 - 14*x/(1 - 9*x/(1 - 17*x/(1 - 12*x/(1 - ...)))))))), a continued fraction of Stieltjes type.
MAPLE
n := 3: seq(coeff(series( hypergeom([n+2/3, 1], [], 3*x)/hypergeom([n-1/3, 1], [], 3*x ), x, 21), x, k), k = 0..20);
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Peter Bala, Jul 21 2022
STATUS
approved