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On the finiteness of $\mathfrak{P}$-adic continued fractions for number fields

Number Theory 2025-12-01 v2

Abstract

For a prime ideal P\mathfrak{P} of the ring of integers of a number field KK, we give a general definition of P\mathfrak{P}-adic continued fraction, which also includes classical definitions of continued fractions in the field of pp--adic numbers. We give some necessary and sufficient conditions on KK ensuring that every αK\alpha\in K admits a finite P\mathfrak{P}-adic continued fraction expansion for all but finitely many P\mathfrak{P}, addressing a similar problem posed by Rosen in the archimedean setting.

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@article{arxiv.2105.12570,
  title  = {On the finiteness of $\mathfrak{P}$-adic continued fractions for number fields},
  author = {Laura Capuano and Nadir Murru and Lea Terracini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.12570},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

We fixed a typo in Proposition 3.6 and updated the affiliations and the bibliography