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A result for semi-regular continued fractions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

P. E. Blanksby
P. E. Blanksby
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Trinity CollegeCambridge
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If Φ is a real number with |Φ| ≧ 1, then a semiregular continuet fraction development of Φ is denoted by where the ai are integers such that |ai| ≧ 2. The expansions arise geo-. metrically by considering the sequence of divided cells of two-dimensional grids (see [1]), and are described by the following algorithm: for all n ≧ 0, taking Φ = Φ.0 Hence where in this case the square brackets are used to signify the integer-part function. It follows that each irrational Φ has uncountably many such expansions, none of which has a constantly equal to 2 (or -2) for large n.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 10 , Issue 1-2 , August 1969 , pp. 145 - 154
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1969

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