The Ramanujan Machine continued fraction conjecture for π/4-\pi/4

Consider the generalized continued fraction whose initial terms are

11+14+27+910+2013+.\cfrac{1}{-1 + \cfrac{1}{-4 + \cfrac{-2}{-7 + \cfrac{-9}{-10 + \cfrac{-20}{-13 + \dots}}}}}.

Ramanujan Machine conjecture. The continued fraction equals

π4=11+14+27+910+2013+.-\frac{\pi}{4} = \cfrac{1}{-1 + \cfrac{1}{-4 + \cfrac{-2}{-7 + \cfrac{-9}{-10 + \cfrac{-20}{-13 + \dots}}}}}.

The identity was discovered algorithmically by the Ramanujan Machine and is presented here as a conjecture originating from that framework. The supplied text does not establish whether the conjecture has been resolved; the paper's stated aim is to provide a formal analytic proof via contiguous Gaussian hypergeometric functions and continued-fraction transformations.

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Primary source

Chao Wang, “A Rigorous Proof of a Ramanujan Machine Identity for -π/4 via Exact Recurrence Solving”, arXiv:2601.08461 (2026).

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