Hankel continued fractions and Hankel determinants of the Euler numbers
Hankel continued fractions and Hankel determinants of the Euler numbers
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欧拉数的汉克尔连分数和汉克尔行列式
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
Guo
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作者:
Guo
The Euler numbers occur in the Taylor expansion of
tan
(
x
)
+
sec
(
x
)
an (x)+sec (x)
. Since Stieltjes, continued fractions and Hankel determinants of the even Euler numbers, on the one hand, of the odd Euler numbers, on the other hand, have been widely studied separately. However, no Hankel determinants of the (mixed) Euler numbers have been obtained. The reason for that is that some Hankel determinants of the Euler numbers are null. This implies that the Jacobi continued fraction of the Euler numbers does not exist. In the present paper, this obstacle is bypassed by using the Hankel continued fraction, instead of the
J
J
-fraction. Consequently, an explicit formula for the Hankel determinants of the Euler numbers is being derived, as well as a full list of Hankel continued fractions and Hankel determinants involving Euler numbers. Finally, a new
q
q
-analog of the Euler numbers
E
n
(
q
)
E_n(q)
based on our continued fraction is proposed. We obtain an explicit formula for
E
n
(
−
1
)
E_n(-1)
and prove a conjecture by R. J. Mathar on these numbers.