Algebraicity from eventually periodic triangle sequences

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Let (α1,…,αn)(\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_n) be an nn-tuple of real numbers in △\bigtriangleup, and suppose that its triangle sequence is eventually periodic. Algebraicity conjecture for periodic triangle sequences. Each αj\alpha_j is algebraic of degree at most nn, and

dim⁡QQ[α1,…,αn]≤n.\dim_{\mathbf Q}\mathbf Q[\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_n]\leq n.

This is a multidimensional analogue of the principle that periodic continued-fraction data characterize algebraic numbers. The statement concerns the consequences of eventual periodicity for the individual degrees and for the joint field generated by the coordinates; no resolution is supplied in the source.

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Primary source

Thomas Garrity, “On periodic sequences for algebraic numbers”, arXiv:math/9906016 (1999).

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