The palindromic index - A measure of ambiguous cycles of reduced ideals without any ambiguous ideals in real quadratic orders
Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux, Tome 7 (1995) no. 2, pp. 447-460.

Herein we introduce the palindromic index as a device for studying ambiguous cycles of reduced ideals with no ambiguous ideal in the cycle.

Classification : 11R11, 11R29, 11R65
Mots clés : quadratic order, class number, palindromic index, ambiguous cycle, continued fractions, reduced ideals 
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Richard A. Mollin. The palindromic index - A measure of ambiguous cycles of reduced ideals without any ambiguous ideals in real quadratic orders. Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux, Tome 7 (1995) no. 2, pp. 447-460. https://jtnb.centre-mersenne.org/item/JTNB_1995__7_2_447_0/

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