Stern Polynomials as Numerators of Continued Fractions

A. Schinzel

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics (2014)

  • Volume: 62, Issue: 1, page 23-27
  • ISSN: 0239-7269

Abstract

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It is proved that the nth Stern polynomial Bₙ(t) in the sense of Klavžar, Milutinović and Petr [Adv. Appl. Math. 39 (2007)] is the numerator of a continued fraction of n terms. This generalizes a result of Graham, Knuth and Patashnik concerning the Stern sequence Bₙ(1). As an application, the degree of Bₙ(t) is expressed in terms of the binary expansion of n.

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A. Schinzel. "Stern Polynomials as Numerators of Continued Fractions." Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics 62.1 (2014): 23-27. <http://eudml.org/doc/286326>.

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