%0 Journal Article %T On some oscillating sums %A J. Arias de Reyna %A J. van de Lune %J Uniform Distribution Theory %D 2008 %I Mathematical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences %X This paper deals with various properties (theoretical as well as computational) of the \sums $S_ \alpha(n) = \sum_{j=1}^n (-1)^{ \lfloor j \alpha \floor}$ where $ \alpha$ is any real number (mostly a positive real quadratic). %K Exponential sum %K continued fraction %K quadratic irrational %K algorithm %U http://www.boku.ac.at/MATH/udt/vol03/no1/ReyLu08-1.pdf