Continued Fractions in Combinatorial Game Theory Mary A. Cox.

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Continued Fractions in Combinatorial Game Theory Mary A. Cox

Overview of talk Define general and simple continued fraction Representations of rational and irrational numbers as continued fractions Example of use in number theory: Pell’s Equation Cominatorial Game Theory: The Game of Contorted Fractions

What Is a Continued Fraction? A general continued fraction representation of a real number x is one of the form where a i and b i are integers for all i.

What Is a Continued Fraction? A simple continued fraction representation of a real number x is one of the form where

Notation Simple continued fractions can be written as or

Representations of Rational Numbers

Finite Simple Continued Fraction

Theorem The representation of a rational number as a finite simple continued fraction is unique (up to a fiddle).

Finding The Continued Fraction

We use the Euclidean Algorithm!!

Finding The Continued Fraction We use the Euclidean Algorithm!!

Finding The Continued Fraction We use the Euclidean Algorithm!!

Finding The Continued Fraction

Representations of Irrational Numbers

Infinite Simple Continued Fraction

Theorems The value of any infinite simple continued fraction is an irrational number. Two distinct infinite simple continued fractions represent two distinct irrational numbers.

Infinite Simple Continued Fraction

Let and

Infinite Simple Continued Fraction

Theorem If d is a positive integer that is not a perfect square, then the continued fraction expansion of necessarily has the form:

Solving Pell’s Equation

Pell’s Equation

Definition The continued fraction made from by cutting off the expansion after the kth partial denominator is called the kth convergent of the given continued fraction.

Definition In symbols:

Theorem If p, q is a positive solution of then is a convergent of the continued fraction expansion of

Notice The converse is not necessarily true. In other words, not all of the convergents of supply solutions to Pell’s Equation.

Example