Expansion of the ratio of Appell hypergeometric functions \(F_3\) into a branched continued fraction and its limit behavior (Q4941570)

In the paper there are studied the Appell hypergeometric functions~\(F_3\) \[ F_3(a,a',b,b';c;z) = \sum\limits_{m,n=0}^\infty \frac{(a)_m(a')_n (b)_m(b')_n}{(c)_{m+n}} \frac{z_1^m z_2^n}{m!n!},\tag{1} \] where \(a\), \(a'\), \(b\), \(b'\) and \(c\) are complex parameters, \(c\neq 0,-1,-2,\dots\), \(z=(z_1,z_2)\in C^2\), \((a)_k = a(a+1)(a+2)\dots(a+k-1) \) is the Pochhammer symbol, \((a)_0=1\). The ratio of Appell functions is expanded into a branched continued fraction and its convergence is studied.