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Period-doubling Continued Fractions are Algebraic in Characteristic $2$

Number Theory 2022-04-05 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Considering an arbitrary pair of distinct and non constant polynomials, aa and bb in F2[t]\mathbb{F}_2[t], we build a continued fraction in F2((1/t))\mathbb{F}_2((1/t)) whose partial quotients are only equal to aa or bb. In a previous work of the first author and Han (to appear in Acta Arithmetica), the authors considered two cases where the sequence of partial quotients represents in each case a famous and basic 22-automatic sequence, both defined in a similar way by morphisms. They could prove the algebraicity of the corresponding continued fractions for several pairs (a,b)(a,b) in the first case (the Prouhet-Thue-Morse sequence) and gave the proof for a particular pair for the second case (the period-doubling sequence). Recently Bugeaud and Han (arXiv:2203.02213) proved the algebraicity for an arbitrary pair in the first case. Here we give a short proof for an arbitrary pair in the second case.

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@article{arxiv.2204.01068,
  title  = {Period-doubling Continued Fractions are Algebraic in Characteristic $2$},
  author = {Yining Hu and Alain Lasjaunias},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.01068},
  year   = {2022}
}