Episturmian morphisms and a Galois theorem on continued fractions

Jacques Justin
2005 RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications  
We associate with a word w on a finite alphabet A an episturmian (or Arnoux-Rauzy) morphism and a palindrome. We study their relations with the similar ones for the reversal of w. Then when |A| = 2 we deduce, using the Sturmian words that are the fixed points of the two morphisms, a proof of a Galois theorem on purely periodic continued fractions whose periods are the reversal of each other. Mathematics Subject Classification. 11A55, 68R15.
doi:10.1051/ita:2005012 fatcat:rvnkbjcqcjhllds7nxlkelz3ym