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Setand recursivelyThen $p_n/q_n=[a_0,ldots,a_n]$. The determinant identityfollows by induction. Writing the remaining complete quotient as ${\theta }_{n+1}>1$ givesso $\theta$ lies strictly between consecutive convergents and their order alternates. For odd $n$,Moreover $|\theta -p_n/q_n|<1/(q_n{q}_{n+1})$, and $q_n\to \infty$, proving convergence.

The continued-fraction algorithm gives

The transition rates of this birth-death process are $q_{n,n+1}=\lambda n$ and $q_{n,n-1}=n(\gamma +\beta n)$. Thus, with $p_{-1}=0$,Multiplying by $n$, summing, and shifting indices givesAt a finite-moment steady state with positive mean and $\lambda >\gamma$,Since $\mathbb{E}(N^2)\ge (\mathbb{E}N{)}^2$, this impliesIf $\lambda \le \gamma$, both terms in the mean equation are nonpositive, and stationarity forces $\mathbb{E}N=0$. Thus the population is extinct almost surely in any such steady state.