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Ordering of nested square roots of 2 according to Gray code

Number Theory 2017-02-20 v1

Abstract

In this paper we discuss some relations between zeros of Lucas-Lehmer polynomials and Gray code. We study nested square roots of 2 applying a "binary code" that associates bits 00 and 11 to \oplus and \ominus signs in the nested form. This gives the possibility to obtain an ordering for the zeros of Lucas-Lehmer polynomials, which assume the form of nested square roots of 2.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1604.00222,
  title  = {Ordering of nested square roots of 2 according to Gray code},
  author = {Pierluigi Vellucci and Alberto Maria Bersani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.00222},
  year   = {2017}
}
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