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Continuants with bounded digits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

T. W. Cusick
T. W. Cusick
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State University of New York at Buffalo.
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We let K(a1a2, ak) denote the continuant formed from the positive integers a1 …, ak; that is,

Of course, K(a1, …, an) is the denominator of the continued fraction

We use the convention that K (empty set) = 1.

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Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , December 1977 , pp. 166 - 172
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Copyright © University College London 1977

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