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Lagrange's Theorem for continued fractions on the Heisenberg group

Number Theory 2014-09-02 v1

Abstract

We prove an analog of Lagrange's Theorem for continued fractions on the Heisenberg group: points with an eventually periodic continued fraction expansion are those that satisfy a particular type of quadratic form, and vice-versa.

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@article{arxiv.1409.0509,
  title  = {Lagrange's Theorem for continued fractions on the Heisenberg group},
  author = {Joseph Vandehey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.0509},
  year   = {2014}
}