Ramanujan continued fractions via orthogonal polynomials (Q2497320)

The authors reprove the evaluation of Ramanujan continued fractions via asymptotics of orthogonal polynomials, and explain that the modulo \(3\) behavior is typical for continued \(J\)-fractions evaluated at \(x=\cos(\pi/3)\). The modulo \(3\) behavior can be generalized to any modulus \(k\). Moreover, the modulo \(k\) behavior holds for a wide class of orthogonal polynomials. The authors give two such general theorems. Recently, \textit{D. Bowman} and \textit{J. McLaughlin} [Adv. Math. (to appear)] obtained the similar multiple limits of the result. However, they did not consider the results by the authors, evaluating the mod \(k\) convergence of the continued fractions in terms of the measures of orthogonality of the numerator and denominator polynomials.