Beta-expansions of rational numbers in quadratic Pisot bases
Volume 183 / 2018
Acta Arithmetica 183 (2018), 35-51
MSC: Primary 11A63; Secondary 11R06, 37B10.
DOI: 10.4064/aa8260-11-2017
Published online: 7 March 2018
Abstract
We study rational numbers with purely periodic Rényi $\beta$-expansions. For bases $\beta$ satisfying $\beta^2=a\beta+b$ with $b$ dividing $a$, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for all rational numbers $p/q\in[0,1)$ with $\gcd(q,b)=1$ to have a purely periodic $\beta$-expansion. We provide a simple algorithm for determining the infimum of $p/q\in[0,1)$ with $\gcd(q,b)=1$ and whose $\beta$-expansion is not purely periodic, which works for all quadratic Pisot numbers $\beta$.
