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XI.—The Differentiation of a Continuant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

Thomas Muir
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(1) The continuant

is conveniently denoted by

and, when the elements b1, b2, b3 of the variable minor diagonal are each equal to 1, a further simplification is obtained by leaving them out;—thus,

stands fo

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Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , 1905 , pp. 209 - 220
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1905

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page 214 note * It should be noted that this is also a case of the first auxiliary theorem.

page 217 note * It is worth nothing that the elements of the Pfaffian are the two-line coaxial minors of the equivalent continuant.