Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 April 2009
In this paper the Toeplitz determinant of order s ≧ 1 generated by the rational function , with
, and
, is evaluated exactly for all values of s ≧ m, as
, where in
with
and
, thus proving Szegö's formula for the function fm, n(z).
By forming the rational approximation of the generating function the formula is then extended to enabling the evaluation of the limit of Toeplitz determinants generated by certain classes of complex valued functions.