On the continued fraction expansions of $(1+\protect \sqrt{pq})/2$ and $\protect \sqrt{pq}$

Stéphane R. Louboutin

doi:10.5802/crmath.266

Number theory

On the continued fraction expansions of

(1 + \sqrt{p q}) / 2

and

\sqrt{p q}

Stéphane R. Louboutin ¹

¹ Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, I2M, Marseille, France

Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Volume 359 (2021) no. 9, pp. 1201-1205

Abstract

The evenness and the values modulo $4$ of the lengths of the periods of the continued fraction expansions of $\sqrt{p}$ and $\sqrt{2 p}$ for $p \equiv 3 (mod 4)$ a prime are known. Here we prove similar results for the continued fraction expansion of $\sqrt{p q}$ , where $p, q \equiv 3 (mod 4)$ are distinct primes.

Received: 2021-06-21
Accepted: 2021-08-27
Published online: 2021-11-25

DOI: 10.5802/crmath.266

Classification: 11A55, 11R11

Author's affiliations:

Stéphane R. Louboutin ¹

¹ Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, I2M, Marseille, France

License:

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Copyrights: The authors retain unrestricted copyrights and publishing rights

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Stéphane R. Louboutin. On the continued fraction expansions of $(1+\protect \sqrt{pq})/2$ and $\protect \sqrt{pq}$. Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Volume 359 (2021) no. 9, pp. 1201-1205. doi: 10.5802/crmath.266

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