Ramanujan's Formula for Nested Radical

Ramanujan discovered in 1911 that:

x+n+a=ax+(n+a)2+xa(x+n)+(n+a)2+(x+n)a(x+2n)+(n+a)2+(x+2n)x+n+a = \sqrt{ax+(n+a)^2+x\sqrt{a(x+n)+(n+a)^2+(x+n)\sqrt{a(x+2n)+(n+a)^2+(x+2n)\sqrt \cdots}}}

Note: I hope someone can provide a proof for the formula.

Note by Chew-Seong Cheong
3 years, 5 months ago

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let f(x)=x+n+af(x) = x+n+a and note that f(x+n)=x+2n+af(x+n) = x+2n+a

f(x)=(x+n+a)2=x2+a2+n2+2ax+2an+2nx=ax+(n2+2an+a2)+x(x+2n+a)=ax+(n+a)2+xf(x+n)f(x) = \sqrt{(x+n+a)^2} = \sqrt{x^2+a^2+n^2+2ax+2an+2nx} = \sqrt{ax+(n^2+2an+a^2)+x(x+2n+a)} = \sqrt{ax+(n+a)^2+xf(x+n)}

=ax+(n+a)2+xax+(n+a)2+xf(x+2n)=ax+(n+a)2+xax+(n+a)2+ax+(n+a)2+(x+2n) = \sqrt{ax+(n+a)^2+x\sqrt{ax+(n+a)^2+xf(x+2n)}} = \sqrt{ax+(n+a)^2+x\sqrt{ax+(n+a)^2+\sqrt{ax+(n+a)^2+(x+2n)\sqrt{\cdots}}}}

Tommy Li - 3 years, 5 months ago

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Chew-Seong Cheong - 3 years, 5 months ago
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