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Continued fractions and equivalent complex numbers
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by Richard B. Lakein PDF
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 42 (1974), 641-642 Request permission

Abstract:

In this note it is shown, by a counterexample, that the familiar theorem on the continued fraction expansions of equivalent numbers does not hold when these notions are extended to complex numbers.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1974 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 42 (1974), 641-642
  • MSC: Primary 10F20
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1974-0382179-8
  • MathSciNet review: 0382179