An upper bound for the periodic length of a quadratic irrational

DOI10.1007/BF03173493MaRDI QIDQ2479809zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Anke D. Pohl

Publication date 3 April 2008

Published in Abhandlungen aus dem Mathematischen Seminar der Universität Hamburg (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03173493

zbMATH Keywords

continued fractionFibonacci numberperiod lengthquadratic irrational

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Review text

The following assertion on an upper bound for the period length of a quadratic irrational is obtained in the paper. Theorem. Let \(\xi\) be a quadratic irrational in the representation \(\frac{B+\sqrt{D}}{2A}\) with the discriminant \(D\) being of the form \(t^2+4\) or \(t^2-4\) and as small as possible. Then for the (minimal) period length \(l(\xi)\) of the continued fraction expansion of \(\xi\), we have \[ l(\xi)\leq\max\left\{\{k\in \mathbb{N}:4f(k)f(k+2)\leq D\}\cup\{1\}\right\}, \] where \(f(k)\) denotes the \(k\)-th Fibonacci number (starting with \(f(1)=1\), \(f(2)=1\)). The obtained estimate improves the known Podsypanin result [\textit{E. V. Podsypanin}, J. Sov. Math. 18, 919 -- 923 (1982); translation from Zap. Nauchn. Semin. Lenin. Otd. Math. Inst. Steklova 82, 95 -- 99 (1979; Zbl 0435.10008)].

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