Notes
Chapter 10:Processes of Perception and Analysis
Section 11:Traditional Mathematics and Mathematical Formulas
[Generating functions for] 1D sequences
Generating functions that are rational always lead to sequences which after reduction modulo 2 are purely repetitive. Algebraic generating functions can also lead to nested sequences. (Note that to get only integer sequences such generating functions have to be specially chosen.)Sqrt[1 - 4 x]/2 yields a sequence with 1's at positions2m, as essentially obtained from the substitution system{2 {2, 1}, 1 {1, 0}, 0 {0, 0}}.Sqrt[(1 - 3 x)/(1 + x)]/2 yields sequence (a) on page84.(1 + Sqrt[(1 - 3 x)/(1 + x)])/(2(1 + x)) (see page890) yields the Thue–Morse sequence. (This particular generating function satisfies the equation(1 + x)3 f2 - (1 + x)2 f + x 0.)(1 - 9 x)1/3 yields almost the Cantor set sequence from page83.EllipticTheta[3,π, x]/2 gives a sequence with 1's at positionsm2.
For any sequence with an algebraic generating function and thus for any nested sequence thenth element can always be expressed in terms of hypergeometric functions. For the Thue–Morse sequence the result is
1/2 (-1)n + ((-3)n√π Hypergeometric2F1[3/2,-n, 3/2 - n, -(1/3)])/(4 n! Gamma[3/2 - n])