A Quadratic Trio

DOI10.2307/2975241MaRDI QIDQ4373316zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Joseph Kupka

Publication date 21 January 1998

Published in The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2307/2975241

zbMATH Keywords

Fibonacci sequenceMaclaurien coefficientsseries expansionsTaylor coefficients

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Series expansions (e.g., Taylor, Lidstone series, but not Fourier series) (41A58)

Review text

Formulas are given for the coefficients \(A_n\) of the Maclaurien series \[ f(x)= {\beta x+ \gamma \over Ax^2+ Bx+C}= \sum^\infty_{n=0} A_nx^n, \] where \(A,C\neq 0\). Distinguishing the three cases \(D:= B^2-4 AC>0\), \(D=0\) and \(D<0\) yields the ``quadratic trio. As is well-known, the special case \(f(x)- x/(1-x-x^2)\) produces the Fibonacci sequence \(A_n =f_n\). Besides stating several versions of the quadratic trio, the author gives examples which demonstrate the benefit of having the formulas at hand.

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