Growth of values of binary quadratic forms and Conway rivers

DOI10.1112/BLMS.12156zbMATH Open1414.11079arXiv1703.00038OpenAlexW2592974887WikidataQ129980759 ScholiaQ129980759MaRDI QIDQ4572043FDOQ4572043

Authors: K. Spalding, A. P. Veselov 

Publication date: 4 July 2018

Published in: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the growth of the values of binary quadratic forms $Q$ on a binary planar tree as it was described by Conway. We show that the corresponding Lyapunov exponents $Lambd{a}_Q(x)$ as a function of the path determined by $xinmathbbR{P}^1$ are twice the values of the corresponding exponents for the growth of Markov numbers cite{SV}, except for the paths corresponding to the Conway rivers, when $Lambd{a}_Q(x)=0.$ The relation with Galois results about continued fraction expansions for quadratic irrationals is explained and interpreted geometrically.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.00038

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quadratic forms (reduction theory, extreme forms, etc.) (11H55) Characteristic and Lyapunov exponents of ordinary differential equations (34D08)

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