Continued Fractions and Hankel Determinants from Hyperelliptic Curves

DOI10.1002/CPA.21923zbMATH Open1485.39030arXiv1907.05204OpenAlexW3038123045MaRDI QIDQ5012721FDOQ5012721

Andrew Hone

Publication date: 25 November 2021

Published in: Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Following van der Poorten, we consider a family of nonlinear maps which are generated from the continued fraction expansion of a function on a hyperelliptic curve of genus $mathrmg$. Using the connection with the classical theory of J-fractions and orthogonal polynomials, we show that in the simplest case $mathrmg=1$ this provides a straightforward derivation of Hankel determinant formulae for the terms of a general Somos-4 sequence, which were found in a particular form by Chang, Hu and Xin, We extend these formulae to the higher genus case, and prove that generic Hankel determinants in genus two satisfy a Somos-8 relation. Moreover, for all $mathrmg$ we show that the iteration for the continued fraction expansion is equivalent to a discrete Lax pair with a natural Poisson structure, and the associated nonlinear map is a discrete integrable system. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Jon Nimmo.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.05204

zbMATH Keywords

integrabilityhyperelliptic curvenonlinear mapsSomos recurrenceHankel determinant formulae

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Determinants, permanents, traces, other special matrix functions (15A15) Continued fractions (11A55) Recurrences (11B37) Relationships between algebraic curves and integrable systems (14H70) Continued fraction calculations (number-theoretic aspects) (11Y65) Integrable difference and lattice equations; integrability tests (39A36) Completely integrable discrete dynamical systems (37J70)

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