Transcendence and continued fraction expansion of values of Hecke–Mahler series

Publication date 21 November 2023

Abstract: Let

h e t a

and

h o

be real numbers with

0 l e h e t a, h o < 1

and

h e t a

irrational. We show that the Hecke-Mahler series

F_{ heta, ho} (z_1, z_2) = sum_{k_1 ge 1} , sum_{k_2 = 1}^{lfloor k_1 heta + ho floor} , z_1^{k_1} z_2^{k_2},

where

l f l o o r c d o t f l o o r

denotes the integer part function, takes transcendental values at any algebraic point

with

. This extends earlier results of Mahler (1929) and Loxton and van der Poorten (1977), who settled the case

h o = 0

. Furthermore, for positive integers

b

and

a

, with

b g e 2

and

a

congruent to

1

modulo

b - 1

, we give the continued fraction expansion of the number

{(b-1)^2over b} F_{ heta, ho} left({1over b}, {1over a} ight)+{lfloor heta+ ho floor(b-1)over b^2a},

from which we derive a formula giving the irrationality exponent of

F_{h e t a, h o} (1 / b, 1 / a)

.

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