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Mathematics of Computation
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Proportionally modular diophantine inequalities and the Stern-Brocot tree

Author(s): M. Bullejos; J. C. Rosales.
Journal: Math. Comp.
MSC (2000): Primary 11D75, 20M14
Posted: August 12, 2008
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Abstract: Given positive integers $ a,b$ and $ c$ to compute a generating system for the numerical semigroup whose elements are all positive integer solutions of the inequality $ a x \,\mathbf{mod}\, b\leq cx$ is equivalent to computing a Bézout sequence connecting two reduced fractions. We prove that a proper Bézout sequence is completely determined by its ends and we give an algorithm to compute the unique proper Bézout sequence connecting two reduced fractions. We also relate Bézout sequences with paths in the Stern-Brocot tree and use this tree to compute the minimal positive integer solution of the above inequality.


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Additional Information:

M. Bullejos
Affiliation: Departamento de Álgebra, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Email: bullejos@ugr.es

J. C. Rosales
Affiliation: Departamento de Álgebra, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Email: jrosales@ugr.es

DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-08-02173-X
PII: S 0025-5718(08)02173-X
Keywords: Diophantine inequation, numerical semigroup, Stern-Brocot tree
Received by editor(s): January 3, 2008
Received by editor(s) in revised form: April 4, 2008
Posted: August 12, 2008
Additional Notes: This work was partially supported by research projects MTM2005-03227 and MTM2007-62346
Copyright of article: Copyright 2008, American Mathematical Society


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