Dilogarithm identities for solutions to Pell's equation in terms of continued fraction convergents

DOI10.1007/S11139-020-00316-4zbMATH Open1483.11050arXiv1903.04074OpenAlexW3086997660MaRDI QIDQ829643FDOQ829643

M. Bridgeman

Publication date: 6 May 2021

Published in: The Ramanujan Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we give describe a new connection between the dilogarithm function and solutions to Pell's equation $x^2-n{y}^2=pm1$. For each solution $x,y$ to Pell's equation we obtain a dilogarithm identity whose terms are given by the continued fraction expansion of the associated unit $$. We further show that Ramanujan's dilogarithm value-identities correspond to an identity for the regular ideal hyperbolic hexagon.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.04074

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zbMATH Keywords

dilogarithmidentitiesPell's equationhyperbolic surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continued fractions (11A55) Quadratic and bilinear Diophantine equations (11D09) Higher logarithm functions (33B30)

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