Arithmetic operations with regular \(C\)-fractions (Q811491)

Let \[ x={a_ 0 \over 1+} {a_ 1z \over 1+} {a_ 2z \over 1+}\dots\hbox{ and }y={b_ 0 \over 1+} {b_ 1z \over 1+} {b_ 2z \over 1+}\dots \] be two regular \(C\)-fractions (finite or infinite). The paper describes an algorithm for producing the regular \(C\)-fraction expansion \[ {c_ 0 \over 1+} {c_ 1z \over 1+} {c_ 2z \over 1+}\dots \hbox{ of the expression } {Axy+Bx+Cy+D \over Exy+Fx+Gy+H} \] if such a \(C\)-fraction exists. Here \(A\), \(B\), \(C\), \(D\), \(E\), \(F\), \(G\) and \(H\) are given constants. Special choices for these parameters give sums (\(B=C=H=1\), \(A=D=E=F=G=0\)), differences, products and ratios of the two regular \(C\)- fractions \(x\) and \(y\), expressed as regular \(C\)-fractions. The paper also contains some minor results on the shape of regular \(C\)-fractions corresponding to series satisfying certain functional equations.