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Growth of values of binary quadratic forms and Conway rivers

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posted on 2018-04-06, 13:24 authored by Kathryn Spalding, Alexander VeselovAlexander Veselov
We study the growth of the values of integer binary quadratic forms Q on a binary planar tree as it was described by Conway. We show that the corresponding Lyapunov exponents _Q(x) as a function of the path determined by x 2 RP1 are twice the values of the corresponding exponents for the growth of Markov numbers [10], except for the paths corresponding to the Conway river, when _Q(x) = 0: The relation with the Galois result about pure periodic continued fractions is explained and interpreted geometrically.

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The work of K.S. was supported by the EPSRC as part of PhD study at Loughborough

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Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

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SPALDING, K. and VESELOV, A.P., 2018. Growth of values of binary quadratic forms and Conway rivers. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, 50 (3), pp.513-528.

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2018-03-06

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2018-04-16

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: SPALDING, K. and VESELOV, A.P., 2018. Growth of values of binary quadratic forms and Conway rivers. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, 50 (3), pp.513-528, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1112/blms.12156. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.

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1469-2120

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