Continued fraction

During Stages II and III the average concentration of radicals within the particle determines the rate of polymerization. To solve for n, the fate of a given radical was balanced across the possible adsorption, desorption, and termination events. Initially a solution was provided for three physically limiting cases. Subsequentiy, n was solved for expHcitiy without limitation using a generating function to solve the Smith-Ewart recursion formula (29). This analysis for the case of very slow rates of radical desorption was improved on (30), and later radical readsorption was accounted for and the Smith-Ewart recursion formula solved via the method of continuous fractions (31). 

Distillation. Distillation separates volatile components from a waste stream by taking advantage of differences in vapor pressures or boiling points among volatile fractions and water. There are two general types of distillation, batch or differential distillation and continuous fractional or multistage distillation (see also Distillation). 

If a waste contains a mixture of volatile components that have similar vapor pressures, it is more difficult to separate these components and continuous fractional distillation is required. In this type of distillation unit (Fig. 4), a packed tower or tray column is used. Steam is introduced at the bottom of the column while the waste stream is introduced above and flows downward, countercurrent to the steam. As the steam vaporizes the volatile components and rises, it passes through a rectification section above the waste feed. In this section, vapors that have been condensed from the process are refluxed to the column, contacting the rising vapors and enriching them with the more volatile components. The vapors are then collected and condensed. Organics in the condensate may be separated from the aqueous stream after which the aqueous stream can be recycled to the stripper. 

Modem plants generally produce carbon disulfide of about 99.99% purity. High product quaUty is ensured by closely controlled continuous fractional distillation. Reagent and U.S. Federal specifications, and typical commercial-grade quaUty are Hsted in Table 5. 

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This prescription transforms the effective Hamiltonian to a tridiagonal form and thus leads directly to a continued fraction representation for the configuration averaged Green function matrix element = [G i]at,. This algorithm is usually continued... 

The quantity Gy (z) can be easily evaluated, even in the presence of defects, by using a continued fraction technique which does not assume any periodicity of the system 3/4,5 practice n levels of the continued fraction are computed exactly and the remaining part of the continued fraction is replaced by the usual square root terminator which corresponds to using the asymptotic values for the remaining coefficients. Note that these asymptotic values are fixed by the band limits which are known exactly in many cases. The more accurate the calculation of AE is required to be, the more exact... 

The LDOS have been calculated using 10 exact levels in the continued fraction expansion of the Green functions. For clean surfaces the quantities A Vi are the same for all atoms in the same plane they have been determined up to p = 2, 4, 6 for the (110), (100) and (111) surfaces, respectively, and neglected beyond. The cluster C includes the atoms located at the site occupied by the impurity and at al the neighbouring sites up to the fourth nearest neighbour. 

Figure 8-2. Continuous fractionation of binary mixtures McCabe-Thieie Diagram with total condenser.

The same argument implies that the analytic continuation of q x) in the unit circle is meromorphic. The argument is based on the functional equation (4.16) which is equivalent with the continued fraction (8 ). The continuation of q x) is derived from the continuous fraction by a minor variation of the reasoning used above. We note the following shortcut. 

One can show with the help of the continued fraction (8 ) and arguments which are used in the theory of sequences of Sturm s fractions, that q(x) has infinitely many poles between x = k and x = 1. The function (x) has the following properties ... 

According to a general theorem, the three properties combined imply that the unit circle is a singular curve for q(x). This fact can be established without involving the general theorem, by making better use of the continued fraction (8 ). A proof is outlined below. 

Consequent substitution of (3.58) into (3.57) leads to a continuous fraction representation of the solution... 

In fact, such a method was proposed by Sack in the classical work [99], which was far ahead of its time. This method provides the general solution of Eq. (6.4) in the form of a continuous fraction, which is, however, rather difficult to analyse. In the case of weak collisions, there is no good alternative to this method, but for strong collisions, the solution can be found analytically. Let us first consider this case. 

The solution of system (6.56) is a very complicated mathematical problem it definitely needs numerical calculations on some stages of processing. At least two successful attempts to overcome these difficulties are well known in the literature. The first method was put forward by Sack and expresses the solution through a continuous fraction. The second was proposed by Fixman and Rider [29], and deals with a kinetic... 

The following truncation improves the convergency of the numerical calculation of the continuous fraction ... 

Theor. Phys. 33, 423-55 (1965) A continued-fraction representation of the time-correlation functions, Ibid. 34, 399-416 (1965). 

Kometani K., Shimizu H. Study of the dipolar relaxation by a continued fraction representation of the time correlation function, J. Phys. Soc. Japan 30, 1036-48 (1971). 

Figure 4. Phase-resolved plots, continued. Fractions hydrophobic weak (c) and strong (d) acids. (Continued on nea page.)...

Relationships between dilute solution viscosity and MW have been determined for many hyperbranched systems and the Mark-Houwink constant typically varies between 0.5 and 0.2, depending on the DB. In contrast, the exponent is typically in the region of 0.6-0.8 for linear homopolymers in a good solvent with a random coil conformation. The contraction factors [84], g=< g >branched/ <-Rg >iinear. =[ l]branched/[ l]iinear. are another Way of cxprcssing the compact structure of branched polymers. Experimentally, g is computed from the intrinsic viscosity ratio at constant MW. The contraction factor can be expressed as the averaged value over the MWD or as a continuous fraction of MW. 

We also remark that Eq. (5.44) may be decomposed into separate sets of equations for the odd and even ap(t) which are decoupled from each other. Essentially similar differential recurrence relations for a variety of relaxation problems may be derived as described in Refs. 4, 36, and 73-76, where the frequency response and correlation times were determined exactly using scalar or matrix continued fraction methods. Our purpose now is to demonstrate how such differential recurrence relations may be used to calculate mean first passage times by referring to the particular case of Eq. (5.44). 

A liquid containing four components, A, B, C and D, with 0.3 mole fraction each of A, B and C, is to be continuously fractionated to give a top product of 0.9 mole fraction A and 0.1 mole fraction B. The bottoms are to contain not more than 0.5 mole fraction A. Estimate the minimum reflux ratio required for this separation, if the relative volatility of A to B is 2.0. 

A continuous fractionating column is required to separate a mixture containing 0.695 mole fraction //-heptane (C7H16) and 0.305 mole fraction n-octane (C8H18) into products of 99 mole per cent purity. The column is to operate at 101.3 kN/m2 with a vapour velocity of 0.6 m/s. The feed is all liquid at its boiling-point, and this is supplied to the column at 1.25 kg/s. The boiling-point at the top of the column may be taken as 372 K, and the equilibrium data are ... 

A continuous fractionating column is to be designed to separate 2.5 kg/s of a mixture of 60 per cent toluene and 40 per cent benzene, so as to give an overhead of 97 per cent benzene and a bottom product containing 98 per cent toluene by mass. A reflux ratio of 3.5 kmol of reflux/kmol of product is to be used and the molar latent heat of benzene and toluene may be taken as 30 MJ/kmol. Calculate ... 

It is desired to concentrate a mixture of ethyl alcohol and water from 40 mole per cent to 70 mole per cent alcohol. A continuous fractionating column, 1.2 m in diameter with 10 plates is available. It is known that the optimum superficial vapour velocity in the column at atmosphere pressure is 1 m/s, giving an overall plate efficiency of 50 per cent. 

Equation (7.19) is a self-consistent equation for AEn, in the form of a sum of a pair of continued fractions (CFs). Although numerical solutions to (7.19) are feasible, we are only concerned with its qualitative features. In particular, we note that an exact WSL occurs when AEn = 0, which happens only if both CFs contain the same number of terms (apart from the trivial case 0 = 0). For the infinite chain, this situation is the case for every allowed energy, so an exact WSL is indeed found. But, for a finite chain, AEn = 0 only for the center state, which thus possesses the exact WSL energy. Therefore, the set of energies for a finite chain form only an approximate WSL. 

Lorentzen, L. and Waadeland, H. (1992), Continued Fractions with Applications, North Holland, Amsterdam. 

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