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Continued fractions have a long history in number theory, especially in the area of Diophantine approximation. The aim of this expository paper is to survey the main results on the theory of $p$--adic continued fractions, i.e. continued…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-27 Giuliano Romeo

We consider continued fractions with partial quotients in the ring of integers of a quadratic number field $K$ and we prove a generalization to such continued fractions of the classical theorem of Lagrange. A particular example of these…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-05-14 Zuzana Masáková , Tomáš Vávra , Francesco Veneziano

We prove results concerning the joint limiting distribution of the renewal time of denominators and consecutive digits of random irrational numbers in the case of continued fractions with even partial quotients, with odd partial quotients,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-01-01 Florin P. Boca , Joseph Vandehey

In the present paper, we give sufficient conditions on the elements of the continued fractions $A$ and $B$ that will assure us that the continued fraction $A^B$ is a transcendental number. With the same condition, we establish a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Sarra Ahallal , Ali Kacha

We consider series of the form $$ \frac{p}{q} +\sum_{j=2}^\infty \frac{1}{x_j}, $$ where $x_1=q$ and the integer sequence $(x_n)$ satisfies a certain non-autonomous recurrence of second order, which entails that $x_n|x_{n+1}$ for $n\geq 1$.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-03-11 Andrew N. W. Hone

Our main result is that any real cubic algebraic number has a continued fraction expansion with polynomial coefficients. Some generalizations are mentioned.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-02-28 Henri Cohen

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

In this paper, we clarified the relationship between continued fractions, determinants, and identities, making it easier to apply these methods systematically in other settings. In particular, we studied finite continued fractions from the…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Nikita Kalinin , Takao Komatsu

It is known that the continued fraction expansion of a real number is periodic if and only if the number is a quadratic irrational. In an attempt to generalize this phenomenon to other settings, Jun-Ichi Tamura and Shin-Ichi Yasutomi have…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-30 Eun Hye Lee

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 give 50 digits values of the simple continued fractions whose denominators are formed from a) prime numbers, b) twin primes, c) generalized $d$-twins, d) primes of the form $m^2+n^4$, e)primes of the form $m^2+1$, f) Mersenne primes and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-09-28 Marek Wolf

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

We introduce here a general framework for studying continued fraction expansions for complex numbers and establish some results on the convergence of the corresponding sequence of convergents. For continued fraction expansions with partial…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-09-16 S. G. Dani

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

In this paper we introduce a generalization of palindromic continued fractions as studied by Adamczewski and Bugeaud. We refer to these generalized palindromes as $m$-palindromes, where $m$ ranges over the positive integers. We provide a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-01-27 David M. Freeman

We develop a theory of $p$-adic continued fractions for a quaternion algebra $B$ over $\mathbb Q$ ramified at a rational prime $p$. Many properties holding in the commutative case can be proven also in this setting. In particular, we focus…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-08-09 Laura Capuano , Marzio Mula , Lea Terracini

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

We construct a class of quadratic irrationals having continued fractions of period $n\geq2$ with "small" partial quotients for which certain integer multiples have continued fractions of period $1$, $2$ or $4$ with "large" partial…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-12-03 Michael Obiero Oyengo

Continued fractions whose elements are polynomial sequences have been carefully studied mostly in the cases where the degree of the numerator polynomial is less than or equal to two and the degree of the denominator polynomial is less than…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-12-26 Doug Bowman , James Mc Laughlin

We construct continued fraction expansions for several families of the Laurent series in $\mathbb{Q}[[t^{-1}]]$. To the best of the author's knowledge, this is the first result of this kind since Gauss derived the continued fraction…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-15 Dmitry Badziahin