A composition law and refined notions of convergence for periodic continued fractions

arXiv2307.02718MaRDI QIDQ6442777FDOQ6442777

Authors: Bradley W. Brock, Bruce W. Jordan, Lawren Smithline 

Publication date: 5 July 2023

Abstract: We define an equivalence relation on periodic continued fractions with partial quotients in a ring $mathcalOsubseteqmathbfC$, a group law on these equivalence classes, and a map from these equivalence classes to matrices in $mathrm{GL}_2(mathcalO)$ with determinant $pm1$. We prove this group of equivalence classes is isomorphic to $mathbfZ/2mathbfZastmathcalO$ and study certain of its one- and two-dimensional representations. For a periodic continued fraction with period $k$, we give a refined description of the limits of the $k$ different $k$-decimations of its sequence of convergents. We show that for a periodic continued fraction associated to a matrix with eigenvalues of different magnitudes, all $k$ of these limits exist in $mathbb{P}^1(mathbfC)$ and a strict majority of them are equal.

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[https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/w/index.php?search=%2211G30%22&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns120=1 Curves of arbitrary genus or genus ( e 1) over global fields (11G30)] Continued fractions and generalizations (11J70)

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