Singular values of the Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction

Authors
  • A.C.P. Gee
  • M Honsbeek
Publication date 1999
Publisher s.n.
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI)
Abstract Let $z\in\C$ be imaginary quadratic in the upper half plane.Then the Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction evaluated at $q=e^{2\pi i z}$ is contained in a class field of $\Q(z)$. Ramanujan showed that for certain values of $z$, one can write these continued fractions as nested radicals. We use the Shimura reciprocity law to obtain such nested radicals whenever $z$ is imaginary quadratic.
Document type Working paper
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