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We build, for real quadratic fields, infinitely many periodic continuous fractions uniformly bounded, with a seemingly better bound than the known ones. We do that using continuous fraction expansions with the same shape as those of real…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-02-01 Paul Mercat

An application of (iterated) Bauer-Muir acceleration can give an Ap\'ery-like continued fraction for $\pi$ with irrational coefficients, and much faster convergence. It can be considered a generalized continued fraction with the same matrix…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-06-06 Tomasz Stachowiak

We introduce and study a new complexity function in combinatorics on words, which takes into account the smallest second occurrence time of a factor of an infinite word. We characterize the eventually periodic words and the Sturmian words…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-08-24 Yann Bugeaud , Dong Han Kim

In this paper, we introduce the polynomial continued fraction, a close relative of the well-known simple continued fraction expansions which are widely used in number theory and in general. While they may not possess all the intriguing…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-12-04 Ofir David

Adler, Keane, and Smorodinsky showed that if one concatenates the finite continued fraction expansions of the sequence of rationals \[ \frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{3}, \frac{2}{3}, \frac{1}{4}, \frac{2}{4}, \frac{3}{4}, \frac{1}{5}, \cdots \] into…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-07-03 Joseph Vandehey

We consider the real number $\sigma$ with continued fraction expansion $[a_0, a_1, a_2,\ldots] = [1,2,1,4,1,2,1,8,1,2,1,4,1,2,1,16,\ldots]$, where $a_i$ is the largest power of $2$ dividing $i+1$. We compute the irrationality measure of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-05-05 Dzmitry Badziahin , Jeffrey Shallit

We prove a suite of dynamical results, including exactness of the transformation and piecewise-analyticity of the invariant measure, for a family of continued fraction systems, including specific examples over reals, complex numbers,…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-03-07 Anton Lukyanenko , Joseph Vandehey

Recently Raayoni et al. announced various conjectures on continued fractions of fundamental constants automatically generated with machine learning techniques. In this paper we prove some of their stated conjectures for Euler number $e$ and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-12-10 Shirali Kadyrov , Farukh Mashurov

Ap\'ery's remarkable discovery of rapidly converging continued fractions with small coefficients for $\zeta(2)$ and $\zeta(3)$ has led to a flurry of important activity in an incredible variety of different directions. Our purpose is to…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Henri Cohen , Wadim Zudilin

We prove that the formula giving the exact value of the irrationality exponent of regular continued fractions remains valid for semi-regular continued fractions satisfyiong certain conditions.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-02-23 Daniel Duverney , Iekata Shiokawa

We present a practical and powerful new framework for both unconstrained and constrained submodular function optimization based on discrete semidifferentials (sub- and super-differentials). The resulting algorithms, which repeatedly compute…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-08-13 Rishabh Iyer , Stefanie Jegelka , Jeff Bilmes

Consider the representation of a rational number as a continued fraction, associated with "odd" Euclidean algorithm. In this paper we prove certain properties for the limit distribution function for sequences of rationals with bounded sum…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-10-25 Elena Zhabitskaya

Zaremba's conjecture concerns a formation of continued fraction expansions for rational numbers with partial quotient bounded by an absolute constant. We present asymptotic estimates for the size of $\epsilon$-thickening of certain fractal…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Jungwon Lee

Given a positive integer $N$ and $x$ irrational between zero and one, an $N$-continued fraction expansion of $x$ is defined analogously to the classical continued fraction expansion, but with the numerators being all equal to $N$. Inspired…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-02-15 Niels Langeveld , Lucía Rossi , Jörg M. Thuswaldner

We give explicit and asymptotic lower bounds for the quantity $|e^{s/t}-M/N|$ by studying a generalized continued fraction expansion of $e^{s/t}$. In cases $|s|\geq 3$ we improve existing results by extracting a large common factor from the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-09-23 Kalle Leppälä , Tapani Matala-aho , Topi Törmä

In this article, for a certain subset $\mathcal{X}$ of the extended set of rational numbers, we introduce the notion of {\it best $\mathcal{X}$-approximations} of a real number. The notion of best $\mathcal{X}$-approximation is analogous to…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-12-02 S. Kushwaha , R. Sarma

We study metrical properties of various subsequences associated to the sequence of rational approximants coming from the continued fraction of an irrational number. Our methods build upon Bosma, Jager and Wiedijk's proof of the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-02-23 Andrew Haas

The continued fraction expansion of an irrational number $\alpha$ is eventually periodic if and only if $\alpha$ is a quadratic irrationality. However, very little is known regarding the size of the partial quotients of algebraic real…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-05-07 Boris Adamczewski , Yann Bugeaud

Continued fractions in the field of $p$--adic numbers have been recently studied by several authors. It is known that the real continued fraction of a positive quadratic irrational is eventually periodic (Lagrange's Theorem). It is still…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-22 Nadir Murru , Giuliano Romeo

This paper concerns extension of the classical Lagrange theorem, on the eventual periodicity of continued fraction expansions of quadratic surds, and the versions of it found in the literature in the case of complex numbers. In this…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-09 S. G. Dani , Ojas Sahasrabudhe