Mathematics – Number Theory
Scientific paper
2004-02-27
Mathematics
Number Theory
24 pages
Scientific paper
Let $f(x) \in \mathbb{Z}[x]$. Set $f_{0}(x) = x$ and, for $n \geq 1$, define $f_{n}(x)$ $=$ $f(f_{n-1}(x))$. We describe several infinite families of polynomials for which the infinite product \prod_{n=0}^{\infty} (1 + \frac{1}{f_{n}(x)}) has a \emph{specializable} continued fraction expansion of the form S_{\infty} = [1;a_{1}(x), a_{2}(x), a_{3}(x), ... ], where $a_{i}(x) \in \mathbb{Z}[x]$, for $i \geq 1$. When the infinite product and the continued fraction are \emph{specialized} by letting $x$ take integral values, we get infinite classes of real numbers whose regular continued fraction expansion is predictable. We also show that, under some simple conditions, all the real numbers produced by this specialization are transcendental.
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