 Reversed-period identity for a purely periodic continued fraction (source code)

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= Reversed-period identity for a purely periodic continued fraction

Let $\theta=[\overline{a_0,\ldots,a_n}]$, and let $\theta'$ be its algebraic conjugate, the other fixed point of the Möbius transformation represented by $M(a_0)\cdots M(a_n)$. Then
$$
-\frac1{\theta'}=[\overline{a_n,\ldots,a_0}].
$$
The identity follows by transposing the continued-fraction matrix and substituting $X=-1/Y$ in its fixed-point equation.

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