\(q\)-rational and \(q\)-real binomial coefficients (Q6184899)

The $q$-integers are defined as $[n]_q=1+q+\cdots+q^{(n-1)}$. Also, $[n]_q=(1-q^n)-(1-q)$. For non-integer numbers, the $q$-analogue of a non-integer number $\alpha$ by the expression $[\alpha]_q=(1-q^\alpha)-(1-q)$. Using these numbers, $q$-factorials and $q$-binomials can be constructed properly. In the literature, many properties have been discovered and many applications have been studied by many scientists using different methods. Recently, \textit{S. Morier-Genoud} and \textit{V. Ovsienko} [Exp. Math. 31, No. 2, 652--660 (2022; Zbl 1500.11006)] have defined a different $q$-analogue of rational and real numbers by using $q$-deformations of their continued fraction expressions. In the presented paper, the authors consider $q$-binomial coefficients built from the $q$-rational and $q$-real numbers defined by Morier-Genoud and Ovsienko [loc. cit.] in terms of continued fractions. Then they establish versions of both the $q$-Pascal identity and the $q$-binomial theorem in this setting. These results are then used to find more identities satisfied by the $q$-analogues of Morier-Genoud and Ovsienko [loc. cit.], including a Chu-Vandermonde identity and $q$-Gamma function identities. Also, a new $q$-analogue of the $\Gamma$ function is defined and some of its properties are given.