Large-denominator conjecture for continued fractions avoiding squares
Large-denominator conjecture for continued fractions avoiding squares
Let be a non-square integer with . Consider rational numbers with continued fraction expansions
where the are positive integers. Large-denominator continued-fraction conjecture. For every such , there exists a coprime positive integer such that
The conjecture is motivated by computation and concerns a family whose denominators have no square values despite having no corresponding local obstruction.
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Primary source
James Rickards and Katherine E. Stange, “Reciprocity obstructions in semigroup orbits in SL(2, Z)”, arXiv:2401.01860 (2025).
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