Continued fractions for strong Engel series and Lüroth series with signs

Abstract: An Engel series is a sum of reciprocals

s u m_{j g e q 1} 1 / x_{j}

of a non-decreasing sequence of positive integers

x_{n}

with the property that

x_{n}

divides

x_{n + 1}

for all

n g e q 1

. In previous work, we have shown that for any Engel series with the stronger property that

x_{n}^{2}

divides

x_{n + 1}

, the continued fraction expansion of the sum is determined explicitly in terms of

z_{1} = x_{1}

and the ratios

z_{n} = x_{n} / x_{n - 1}^{2}

for

n g e q 2

. Here we show that, when this stronger property holds, the same is true for a sum

s u m_{j g e q 1} e p s i l o n_{j} / x_{j}

with an arbitrary sequence of signs

e p s i l o n_{j} = p m 1

. As an application, we use this result to provide explicit continued fractions for particular families of L"{u}roth series and alternating L"{u}roth series defined by nonlinear recurrences of second order. We also calculate exact irrationality exponents for certain families of transcendental numbers defined by such series.

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