On the relationship between generalised continued fractions and G- continued fractions (Q757751)

Generalised continued fractions, or n-fractions, were used by \textit{M. G. de Bruin} [Generalized continued fractions and a multidimensional Padé table, Thesis (Amsterdam, 1974; Zbl 0273.41028)] in the study of simultaneous rational approximation of functions using rational functions with a common denominator. A second type of generalization of a continued fraction, called the G-continued fraction, was introduced by \textit{R. V. M. Zahar} [Computational algorithms for linear difference equations, Thesis (Purdue Univ., 1968)], who showed in a subsequent paper [Numerische Math. 27, 427-447 (1977; Zbl 0336.65056)] a close connection between the convergence of the G-continued fraction associated with a linear recurrence relation and the convergence of the generalised continued fraction associated with its adjoint equation. This connection is examined further in the present paper, and is used to prove a convergence theorem for generalised continued fractions and to accelerate the convergence of generalised continued fractions associated with a class of linear recurrence relations of Poincaré-type.