Folded continued fractions

A. J. van der Poorten; J. Shallit

doi:10.1016/0022-314X(92)90042-N

Folded continued fractions

A. J. van der Poorten^*, J. Shallit

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Macquarie University Administration Unit

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Abstract

We exhibit uncountably many binary decimals together with their explicit continued fraction expansions. These expansions require only the partial quotients 1 or 2. The pattern of valleys and ridges in a sheet of paper repeatedly folded in half plays a critical role in our construction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	237-250
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Number Theory
Volume	40
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-314X(92)90042-N
Publication status	Published - 1992

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