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MATL7462Continued Fractions for Special Functions3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseThird Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of MATHEMATICS
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDoç. Dr. Ali Hikmet DEĞER
Co-LecturerNone
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
The aim of this course is to analyse the connections of special type functions with continued fractions.
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : recognize continued fractions.3,81,
PO - 2 : relate continued fractions to special functions.3,81,
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Basic concepts, Continued fraction representations of functions, Convergence criterion, Pade approximations, Moment theory and orthogonal functions, Continued fraction construction, Cutting error bounds, Continued fraction evaluation, Mathematical constants, Elementary functions, Gamma function and related functions, Error function and related integrals, Exponential integrals and related functions, Hyper geometric functions, Combining hyper geometric functions, Bessel functions, Probability functions, Basic hyper geometric functions.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Basic concepts, Symbols and notations, Recurrence relations, Continued fraction concept.
 Week 2Some features of continued fractions, Continued fraction families.
 Week 3Convergence criteria, Uniform convergence, Periodic and limit periodic continued fractions.
 Week 4Pade approaches, Basic properties, Convergence of Pade approaches.
 Week 5Moment theory and orthogonal functions, Construction of solutions.
 Week 6Constructing continued fractions, Continued fraction types.
 Week 7Cutting error boundaries, Parabola's theorems, Change selection.
 Week 8Continued fractional evaluation, Evaluation of approaches.
 Week 9Mid-term exam.
 Week 10Mathematical constants, Uniform continued fractions, Euler numbers, Natural logarithm.
 Week 11Elementary functions, Exponential functions, Hyperbolic functions, Power functions.
 Week 12Gamma function and related functions, Binet function.
 Week 13Error function and related integrals, Exponential integrals and related functions, Hypergeometric functions.
 Week 14Coupled hypergeometric functions, Bessel functions, Modified Bessel functions.
 Week 15Probability functions, Repeated integrals, Basic hypergeometric functions.
 Week 16Final exam.
 
Textbook / Material
1Cuyt, A., Petersen, V.B., Verdonk, B., Waadeland, H., Jones, W.B.,2008, Handbook of Continued Fractions for Special Functions, SpringerScience+Business Media B.V., Netherlands.
 
Recommended Reading
1Jones , W. B., Thron, W.J., 1980, Continued Fractions Analytic Theory and Applications, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and It?s Applications, Volume 11, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, London.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 15/03/2024 2 30
Quiz 12 15/04/2024 1 20
End-of-term exam 16 06/06/2024 2 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Sınıf dışı çalışma 10 14 140
Arasınav için hazırlık 6 1 6
Arasınav 2 1 2
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 10 1 10
Dönem sonu sınavı 2 1 2
Total work load202