Symmetries of quadratic form classes and of quadratic surd continued fractions. II: Classification of the periods' palindromes

DOI10.1007/S00574-010-0005-0zbMATH Open1213.11022arXiv0708.2082OpenAlexW2064534330MaRDI QIDQ968026FDOQ968026

Authors: Francesca Aicardi 

Publication date: 3 May 2010

Published in: Bulletin of the Brazilian Mathematical Society. New Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The continue fractions of quadratic surds are periodic, according to a theorem by Lagrange. Their periods may have differing types of symmetries. This work relates these types of symmetries to the symmetries of the classes of the corresponding indefinite quadratic forms. This allows to classify the periods of quadratic surds and at the same time to find, for an arbitrary indefinite quadratic form, the symmetry type of its class and the number of integer points, for that class, contained in each domain of the Poincare' model of the de Sitter world, introduced in Part I. Moreover, we obtain the same information for every class of forms representing zero, by the finite continue fraction related to a special representative of that class. We will see finally the relation between the reduction procedure for indefinite quadratic forms, defined by the continued fractions, and the classical reduction theory, which acquires a geometrical description by the results of Part I.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.2082

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zbMATH Keywords

continued fractionsquadratic formspalindromesreduction theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continued fractions (11A55) Quadratic forms (reduction theory, extreme forms, etc.) (11H55)

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