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Fix $n$ a positive integer. Take the $n$-th metallic number $\phi_n=\frac{n+\sqrt{n^2+4}}{2}$ (e.g. $\phi_1$ is the golden number) and let $\Phi_n(q)$ be its $q$-deformation in the sense of S. Morier-Genoud and V. Ovsienko. This is an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Guo-Niu Han , Emmanuel Pedon

We prove decidability results on the existence of constant subsequences of uniformly recurrent morphic sequences along arithmetic progressions. We use spectral properties of the subshifts they generate to give a first algorithm deciding…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-11-19 Fabien Durand , Valérie Goyheneche

We extend the close interplay between continued fractions, orthogonal polynomials, and Gaussian quadrature rules to several variables in a special but natural setting which we characterize in terms of moment sequences. The crucial condition…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2023-03-29 Tomas Sauer , Yuan Xu

We present a method to obtain congruences modulo powers of 2 for sequences given by recurrences of finite depth with polynomial coefficients. We apply this method to Catalan numbers, Fu\ss-Catalan numbers, and to subgroup counting functions…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-06-27 Manuel Kauers , Christian Krattenthaler , Thomas W. Müller

We consider a family of integer sequences generated by nonlinear recurrences of the second order, which have the curious property that the terms of the sequence, and integer multiples of the ratios of successive terms (which are also…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-07-22 Andrew N. W. Hone

We define an equivalence relation on periodic continued fractions with partial quotients in a ring $\mathcal{O} \subseteq \mathbf{C}$, a group law on these equivalence classes, and a map from these equivalence classes to matrices in…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-07-07 Bradley W. Brock , Bruce W. Jordan , Lawren Smithline

We study a binary Thue--Morse-type sequence arising from the base-$3/2$ expansion of integers, an archetypal automatic sequence in a rational base numeration system. Because the sequence is generated by a periodic iteration of morphisms…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-26 Julien Cassaigne , Bastiàn Espinoza , Michel Rigo , Manon Stipulanti

Christol and, independently, Denef and Lipshitz showed that an algebraic sequence of $p$-adic integers (or integers) is $p$-automatic when reduced modulo $p^\alpha$. Previously, the best known bound on the minimal automaton size for such a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-28 Eric Rowland , Reem Yassawi

In this article we introduce a new approach to compute infinite products defined by automatic sequences involving the Thue-Morse sequence. As examples, for any positive integers $q$ and $r$ such that $0 \leq r \leq q-1$, we find infinitely…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-06-11 Shuo Li

An Engel series is a sum of reciprocals $\sum_{j\geq 1} 1/x_j$ of a non-decreasing sequence of positive integers $x_n$ with the property that $x_n$ divides $x_{n+1}$ for all $n\geq 1$. In previous work, we have shown that for any Engel…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-01-03 Andrew N. W. Hone , Juan Luis Varona

We derive closed-form expressions for several new classes of Hurwitzian- and Tasoevian continued fractions, including $[0;\overline{p-1,1,u(a+2nb)-1,p-1,1,v(a+(2n+1)b)-1 }\,\,]_{n=0}^\infty$, $[0; \overline{c + d m^{n}}]_{n=1}^{\infty}$ and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-01-16 James Mc Laughlin

We apply a technique used in $[$Tsukerman, Equality of Dedekind sums mod $\mathbb Z$, $2\mathbb Z$ and $4\mathbb Z$, arXiv:1408.3225] combined with the Barkan-Hickerson-Knuth-formula in order to obtain congruences mod $4$ for the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-01-08 Kurt Girstmair

For uniformly chosen random $\alpha \in [0,1]$, it is known the probability the $n^{\rm th}$ digit of the continued-fraction expansion, $[\alpha]_n$ converges to the Gauss-Kuzmin distribution $\mathbb{P}([\alpha]_n = k) \approx \log_2 (1 +…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2008-02-21 John Mangual

Let $t_n = (-1)^{s_2(n)}$, where $s_2(n)$ is the sum of binary digits function. The sequence $(t_n)_{n\in \mathbb N}$ is the well-known Prouhet-Thue-Morse sequence. In this note we initiate the study of the sequence $(h_n)_{n\in \mathbb…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-10-01 Eryk Lipka , Maciej Ulas

We introduced a new continued fraction expansions in our previous paper. For these expansions, we show formulae of probability about incomplete quotients. Furthermore, we prove the existence of invariant measures with respect to the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-11-24 Dan Lascu , Katsunori Kawamura

In this paper we recall some results and some criteria on the convergence of matrix continued fractions. The aim of this paper is to give some properties and results of continued fractions with matrix arguments. Then we give continued…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-22 S. Mennou , A. Chillali , A. Kacha

We study a natural extension to complex numbers of the standard continued fractions. The basic algorithm is due to Lagrange and Gauss, though it seems to have gone mostly unnoticed as a way to create continued fractions. The new…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-08-22 Cormac O'Sullivan

Given an odd prime number p, we describe a continued fraction in the field F(p) of power series in 1/T with coefficients in the finite field F_p, where T is a formal indeterminate. This continued fraction satisfies an algebraic equation of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-10-03 Alain Lasjaunias

We prove that a sequence satisfying a certain symmetry property is $2$-regular in the sense of Allouche and Shallit, i.e., the $\mathbb{Z}$-module generated by its $2$-kernel is finitely generated. We apply this theorem to develop a general…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-04 Aline Parreau , Michel Rigo , Eric Rowland , Elise Vandomme

We give continued fraction algorithms for a particular class of Fuchsian triangle groups. In particular, we give an explicit form of each such group that is a subgroup of the Hilbert modular group of its trace field and provide an interval…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-03-11 Kariane Calta , Thomas Schmidt