Introduction |
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PART I THE THEORY OF MARKOFF |
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9 | (12) |
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2.1 Tiling the Plane with a Parallelogram |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (2) |
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2.4 Standard Factorization |
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14 | (3) |
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2.5 The Tree of Christoffel Pairs |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (3) |
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21 | (8) |
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3.1 Markoff Triples and Numbers |
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3.2 The Tree of Markoff Triples |
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25 | (1) |
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3.3 The Markoff Injectivity Conjecture |
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26 | (3) |
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29 | (6) |
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4.1 Markoff Property for Infinite Words |
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29 | (3) |
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4.2 Markoff Property for Bi-infinite Words |
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32 | (3) |
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35 | (8) |
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5.1 Finite Continued Fractions |
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35 | (1) |
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5.2 Infinite Continued Fractions |
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36 | (1) |
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5.3 Periodic Expansions Yield Quadratic Numbers |
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37 | (1) |
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5.4 Approximations of Real Numbers |
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38 | (2) |
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5.5 Lagrange Number of a Real Number |
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40 | (1) |
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5.6 Ordering Continued Fractions |
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41 | (2) |
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6 Words and Quadratic Numbers |
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43 | (6) |
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6.1 Continued Fractions Associated with Christoffel Words |
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43 | (1) |
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6.2 Markoff Supremum of a Bi-infinite Sequence |
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44 | (3) |
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6.3 Lagrange Number of a Sequence |
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47 | (2) |
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7 Lagrange Numbers Less Than Three |
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49 | (6) |
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7.1 From L(s) <3 to the Markoff Property |
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49 | (3) |
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7.2 Bi-infinite Sequences |
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52 | (3) |
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8 Markoff's Theorem for Approximations |
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55 | (1) |
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8.2 Markorff's Theorem for Approximations |
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8.3 Good and Bad Approximations |
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58 | (5) |
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9 Markoffs Theorem for Quadratic Forms |
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63 | (6) |
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9.1 Indefinite Real Binary Quadratic Forms |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (2) |
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9.3 Markoffs Theorem for Quadratic Forms |
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69 | (6) |
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10.1 Thirteen Markoff Numbers |
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69 | (1) |
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10.2 The Golden Ratio and Other Numbers |
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70 | (1) |
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10.3 The Matrices μ(w) and Frobenius Congruences |
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71 | (2) |
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10.4 Markoff Quadratic Forms |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (4) |
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PART III THE THEORY OF CHRISTOFFEL WORDS |
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12 Palindromes and Periods |
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79 | (4) |
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83 | (4) |
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13 Lyndon Words and Christoffel Words |
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87 | (8) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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13.3 Maximal Lyndon Words |
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89 | (1) |
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13.4 Unbordered Sturmian Words |
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90 | (2) |
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13.5 Equilibrated Lyndon Words |
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92 | (3) |
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95 | (14) |
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14.1 The Tree of Christoffel Words |
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95 | (3) |
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14.2 Stern-Brocot Tree and Continued Fractions |
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98 | (3) |
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14.3 The Raney Tree and Dual Words |
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101 | (3) |
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104 | (5) |
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15 Conjugates and Factors |
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109 | (16) |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (4) |
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115 | (3) |
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118 | (3) |
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15.5 Finite Sturmian Words |
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121 | (4) |
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16 Bases and Automorphisms of the Free Group on Two Generators |
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125 | (18) |
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16.1 Bases and Automorphisms of F(a, b) |
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125 | (4) |
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129 | (3) |
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16.3 Christoffel Bases of F(a, b) |
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132 | (3) |
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135 | (2) |
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16.5 An Algorithm for the Bases of F(a,b) |
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137 | (2) |
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16.6 Sturmian Morphisms Again |
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139 | (4) |
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143 | (6) |
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17.1 Other Results on Christoffel Words |
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143 | (3) |
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17.2 Lyndon Words and Lie Theory |
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146 | (1) |
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146 | (3) |
Bibliography |
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149 | (6) |
Index |
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