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Rational numbers defined in terms of certain generalized series

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The present article is devoted to representations of rational numbers in terms of sign variable Cantor expansions. The main attention is given to one of the discussions given by J. Galambos in [4].

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Serbenyuk, S. Rational numbers defined in terms of certain generalized series. Acta Math. Hungar. 164, 580–592 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10474-021-01163-5

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