21 Mar
2017
21 Mar
'17
4:59 p.m.
Maxima works: a=-1/2,b=-3/8,c=-3/16,d=-45/128,e=-63/256,f=-375/1024, ... At 03:01 PM 3/21/2017, David Wilson wrote:
Let
f(x)^2 = f(x^2) - 1
and assume f is of the form
f(x) = x + a x^-1 + b x^-3 + c x^-5 + ...
What are the first few coefficients (say 20) as rational numbers?
With the tools I have, it would take me a while to power through this. I assume it would be easier with a symbolic math program.