Continued fractions and Hardy sums

The classical Dedekind sums s(d, c) can be represented as sums over the partial quotients of the continued fraction expansion of the rational $\frac{d}{c}$. Hardy sums, the analog integer-valued sums arising in the transformation of the logarithms of $\theta$-functions under a subgroup of the modular group, have been shown to satisfy many properties which mirror the properties of the classical Dedekind sums. The representation as sums of partial quotients has, however, been missing so far. We define non-classical continued fractions and prove that Hardy sums can be expressed as a sums of partial quotients of these continued fractions. As an application, we prove that the graph of the Hardy sums is dense in $\textbf{R}\times \textbf{Z}$.

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Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
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2024-10-01
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000716462
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Analytic Number Theory Research
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Continued fractions and Hardy sums

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Continued fractions and Hardy sums

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Abstract

The classical Dedekind sums s(d, c) can be represented as sums over the partial quotients of the continued fraction expansion of the rational $\frac{d}{c}$. Hardy sums, the analog integer-valued sums arising in the transformation of the logarithms of $\theta$-functions under a subgroup of the modular group, have been shown to satisfy many properties which mirror the properties of the classical Dedekind sums. The representation as sums of partial quotients has, however, been missing so far. We define non-classical continued fractions and prove that Hardy sums can be expressed as a sums of partial quotients of these continued fractions. As an application, we prove that the graph of the Hardy sums is dense in $\textbf{R}\times \textbf{Z}$.

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