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Farey graphs and geodesic expansions of complex continued fractions

Number Theory 2026-03-31 v1

Abstract

We discuss complex Farey graphs for the Euclidean imaginary quadratic number fields Q(d)\mathbb Q(\sqrt{-d}), d{1,2,3,7,11}d\in\{1, 2, 3, 7, 11\}. We study hyperbolic versions of A. Schmidt's Farey polygons living in 33-dimensional hyperbolic space H3\mathbb{H}^3. Using these Farey polygons we recover tessellations of the hyperbolic plane H2\mathbb{H}^2 that are defined by the action of the Hecke groups H4H_4 and H6H_6 and have been studied earlier by I. Short and M. Walker. Moreover, hyperbolic Farey polygons allow us to define polyhedra that induce Farey tessellations of H3\mathbb{H}^3 by the action of certain Bianchi groups. Using complex Farey graphs we consider geodesic complex continued fraction expansions. Our method provides a different and more general approach as the one from the discussion by M. Hockman.

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@article{arxiv.2603.28468,
  title  = {Farey graphs and geodesic expansions of complex continued fractions},
  author = {Hitoshi Nakada and Rie Natsui and Jörg Thuswaldner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.28468},
  year   = {2026}
}

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31 pages, 14 figures