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A note on symmetry and ambiguity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

R.A. Mollin  and
A.J. van der Poorten
R.A. Mollin
Affiliation:
School of MathematicsUniversity of CalgaryAlbertaCanada e-mail: ramollin@acs.ucalgary.ca
A.J. van der Poorten
Affiliation:
Centre for Number Theory ResearchMacquarie UniversityNew South Wales 2109Australia e-mail: alf@mpce.mq.edu.au
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Abstract

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We present the relationship between quadratic irrationals whose continued fraction expansion has symmetric period, and ambiguous ideal cycles in real quadratic number fields.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , April 1995 , pp. 215 - 233
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1995

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