English

Conway river and Arnold sail

Number Theory 2018-07-05 v2

Abstract

We establish a simple relation between two geometric constructions in number theory: the Conway river of a real indefinite binary quadratic form and the Arnold sail of the corresponding pair of lines.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1801.10072,
  title  = {Conway river and Arnold sail},
  author = {K. Spalding and A. P. Veselov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.10072},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

Slightly modified version to appear in Arnold Mathematical Journal

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