Periodicity of general multidimensional continued fractions using repetend matrix form

Abstract

We consider expansions of vectors by a general class of multidimensional continued fraction algorithms. If the expansion is eventually periodic, then we describe the possible structure of a matrix corresponding to the repetend and use it to prove that a number of vectors have an eventually periodic expansion in the Algebraic Jacobi–Perron algorithm. Further, we give criteria for vectors to have purely periodic expansions; in particular, the vector cannot be totally positive.