The even-period conjecture for Browkin II continued fractions

Let pp be a prime, and let DZD\in\mathbb{Z} be not a perfect square. A Browkin II continued fraction is a continued fraction generated by Browkin's second pp-adic continued-fraction algorithm. The Browkin II even-period conjecture. For every even integer hh, there exist infinitely many DZD\in\mathbb{Z} that are not perfect squares such that the Browkin II continued fraction of D\sqrt{D} is periodic with period length hh. This is the analogue for Browkin II of Bedocchi's conjecture for Browkin I, extending the known existence of infinitely many examples with period length 44; the source records it as a conjecture supported by experimental computations.

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Giuliano Romeo, “Continued fractions in the field of p-adic numbers”, arXiv:2306.14837 (2023).

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