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Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh. [f 
H 
1 
a 
= (-) 4 -‘ 
X — 1 
= 
x - 1 
\ 1 - 1 . 
b 2 x — 1 
x b 2 - 1 
b 2 x -1 
\ 1 - 1 . 
6 X -1 1 
■ • i, 1 
. . \ 1 
• h • 1 
x+ & x 
-1 
= 
Z+&3 
\ - 
i 
>1 
-1 
1 . 
*3 
1 
= 
- 1 
■c + b 2 + b 2 
K 
b i b 2 
&3& 4 
b 2 
= 
x + \ 
-1 
x + \ - 1 
X + &2 "t" ^3 ^2 
- b Y b 2 x + b 2 + b z 
b A 
• ^2^4 J 
x + b Y - 1 
— bf 2 # + b <2 + 63 
& A 
6364 
& 3 &4 
a; + - 1 
- b 1 b 2 x + b 2 + b 2 
b A 
\\ 
: bfff)^ , 
-5- b i h Ah> 
b 1 b 2 
= | x+b 1 - 1 
| - bf 2 a; + b 2 + b 2 
x + b-L - 1 
~\b 2 x + b 2 + b 2 !. 
b A 
- 5 - Wh h ^ 
The case where the original determinant is of odd order is not 
referred to. 
Similarly, the continued fraction 
1 + 
1 — b 1 + 
hi 
1-^2 + 
