Discrete planes, \({\mathbb Z}^2\)-actions, Jacobi-Perron algorithm and substitutions (Q1613946)

This paper discusses an explicit method to build a discrete approximation of an irrational plane in \(\mathbb R^3\). This approximation can be described by a two-dimensional sequence, which is directly related to symbolic dynamics for a \(\mathbb Z^2\)-action by rotations on the unit circle. This sequence can be generated by applying the Jacobi-Perron algorithm to the coordinates of the unit vector orthogonal to the given plane. This paper attempts to generalize to higher dimensions well-known results for the usual continued fractions.