Geometry of Continued Fractions pp 33-39 | Cite as
Geometry of Regular Continued Fractions
Chapter
- 2.2k Downloads
Abstract
Continued fractions play an important role in the geometry of numbers. In this chapter we describe a classical geometric interpretation of regular continued fractions in terms of integer lengths of edges and indices of angles for the boundaries of convex hulls of all integer points inside certain angles. In the next chapter we will extend this construction to construct a complete invariant of integer angles. For the geometry of continued fractions with arbitrary elements see Chap. 11.
Keywords
Convex Hull Extremal Point Break Line Rational Number Arbitrary Number
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Copyright information
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013