Palindromic sequences of the Markov spectrum

DOI10.1134/S0001434619090153MaRDI QIDQ2291204zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Matty van Son

Publication date 30 January 2020

Published in Mathematical Notes (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.10802

zbMATH Keywords

Christoffel wordsevenly palindromicMarkov sequencepalindromic sequenceStern's diatomic sequenceStern's diatomic series

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special sequences and polynomials (11B83) Markov and Lagrange spectra and generalizations (11J06)

Abstract: We study the periods of Markov sequences, which are derived from the continued fraction expression of elements in the Markov spectrum. This spectrum is the set of minimal values of indefinite binary quadratic forms that are specially normalised. We show that the periods of these sequences are palindromic after a number of circular shifts, the number of shifts being given by Stern's diatomic sequence.

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The author studies the periods of Markov sequences, which are derived from the continued fraction expression of elements in the Markov spectrum. Recall that Markov spectrum is the set of minimal values of indefinite binary quadratic forms that are normalised by the appropriate power of the determinant of the form. The authors show that the periods of these sequences are palindromic after a number of circular shifts, where the number of shifts being given by Stern's diatomic sequence.

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