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The associated $n\\times n$ Hankel determinants are also determined. We conclude the first part of the thesis by studying some polynomials that are related to Chebyshev polynomials, and having their roots on hyperbolas. In the second part of the thesis, we study continued fractions of quadratic irrationals. We construct a class of rationals and quadratic irrationals having continued fractions whose period has length $n\\geq2$, and with ``small'' partial quotients for which certain integer multiples have continued fractions of period $1$, $2$ or $4$ with ``large'' partial quotients. We then show that numbers in the period of the new continued fraction are simple functions of the numbers in the periods of the original continued fraction. We give generalizations of these continued fractions and show that polynomials arising from these generalizations are related to Chebyshev and Fibonacci polynomials. 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