Symmetry and specializability in the continued fraction expansions of some infinite products

DOI10.1016/J.JNT.2007.04.007MaRDI QIDQ2469142zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors James McLaughlin

Publication date 4 February 2008

Published in Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0402459

zbMATH Keywords

continued fractionstranscendenceinfinite products

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continued fractions (11A55) Continued fractions and generalizations (11J70)

Abstract: Let $f(x)inmathbbZ[x]$. Set $f_0(x)=x$ and, for $ngeq1$, define $f_n(x)$ $=$ $f(f_{n-1}(x))$. We describe several infinite families of polynomials for which the infinite product prod_{n=0}^{infty} (1 + frac{1}{f_{n}(x)}) has a emph{specializable} continued fraction expansion of the form S_{infty} = [1;a_{1}(x), a_{2}(x), a_{3}(x), ... ], where $a_i(x)inmathbbZ[x]$, for $igeq1$. When the infinite product and the continued fraction are emph{specialized} by letting $x$ take integral values, we get infinite classes of real numbers whose regular continued fraction expansion is predictable. We also show that, under some simple conditions, all the real numbers produced by this specialization are transcendental.

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