scholarly journals Range-renewal structure in continued fractions

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 1323-1344
Author(s):  
JUN WU ◽  
JIAN-SHENG XIE

Let $\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}=[a_{1},a_{2},\ldots ]$ be the infinite expansion of a continued fraction for an irrational number $\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}\in (0,1)$, and let $R_{n}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})$ (respectively, $R_{n,k}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})$, $R_{n,k+}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})$) be the number of distinct partial quotients, each of which appears at least once (respectively, exactly $k$ times, at least $k$ times) in the sequence $a_{1},\ldots ,a_{n}$. In this paper, it is proved that, for Lebesgue almost all $\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}\in (0,1)$ and all $k\geq 1$, $$\begin{eqnarray}\displaystyle \lim _{n\rightarrow \infty }\frac{R_{n}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})}{\sqrt{n}}=\sqrt{\frac{\unicode[STIX]{x1D70B}}{\log 2}},\quad \lim _{n\rightarrow \infty }\frac{R_{n,k}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})}{R_{n}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})}=\frac{C_{2k}^{k}}{(2k-1)\cdot 4^{k}},\quad \lim _{n\rightarrow \infty }\frac{R_{n,k}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})}{R_{n,k+}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})}=\frac{1}{2k}.\end{eqnarray}$$ The Hausdorff dimensions of certain level sets about $R_{n}$ are discussed.

2020 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-206
Author(s):  
TENG SONG ◽  
QINGLONG ZHOU

For an irrational number $x\in [0,1)$, let $x=[a_{1}(x),a_{2}(x),\ldots ]$ be its continued fraction expansion with partial quotients $\{a_{n}(x):n\geq 1\}$. Given $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E9}\in \mathbb{N}$, for $n\geq 1$, the $n$th longest block function of $x$ with respect to $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E9}$ is defined by $L_{n}(x,\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E9})=\max \{k\geq 1:a_{j+1}(x)=\cdots =a_{j+k}(x)=\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E9}~\text{for some}~j~\text{with}~0\leq j\leq n-k\}$, which represents the length of the longest consecutive sequence whose elements are all $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E9}$ from the first $n$ partial quotients of $x$. We consider the growth rate of $L_{n}(x,\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E9})$ as $n\rightarrow \infty$ and calculate the Hausdorff dimensions of the level sets and exceptional sets arising from the longest block function.


1980 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-206
Author(s):  
Fritz Herzog

Let1be the simple continued fraction (SCF) of an irrational number x. The partial quotients ai which we shall sometimes refer to as the "terms" of the SCF are integers and, for i ≥ 2, they are positive. If x is a quadratic irrationality then, by Lagrange's Theorem, the right side of (1) becomes periodic from some point on.


2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 653-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Davison

AbstractPrecise bounds are given for the quantity$$ L(\alpha)=\frac{\limsup_{m\rightarrow\infty}(1/m)\ln q_m}{\liminf_{m\rightarrow\infty}(1/m)\ln q_m}, $$where $(q_m)$ is the classical sequence of denominators of convergents to the continued fraction $\alpha=[0,u_1,u_2,\dots]$ and $(u_m)$ is assumed bounded, with a distribution.If the infinite word $\bm{u}=u_1u_2\dots$ has arbitrarily large instances of segment repetition at or near the beginning of the word, then we quantify this property by means of a number $\gamma$, called the segment-repetition factor.If $\alpha$ is not a quadratic irrational, then we produce a specific sequence of quadratic irrational approximations to $\alpha$, the rate of convergence given in terms of $L$ and $\gamma$. As an application, we demonstrate the transcendence of some continued fractions, a typical one being of the form $[0,u_1,u_2,\dots]$ with $u_m=1+\lfloor m\theta\rfloor\Mod n$, $n\geq2$, and $\theta$ an irrational number which satisfies any of a given set of conditions.AMS 2000 Mathematics subject classification: Primary 11A55. Secondary 11B37


Author(s):  
Jingcheng Tong

AbstractLet ξ be an irrational number with simple continued fraction expansion be its ith convergent. Let Mi = [ai+1,…, a1]+ [0; ai+2, ai+3,…]. In this paper we prove that Mn−1 < r and Mn R imply which generalizes a previous result of the author.


Author(s):  
JINHUA CHANG ◽  
HAIBO CHEN

AbstractLet 0 ⩽ α ⩽ ∞ and ψ be a positive function defined on (0, ∞). In this paper, we will study the level sets L(α, {ψ(n)}), B(α, {ψ(n)}) and T(α, {ψ(n)}) which are related respectively to the sequence of the largest digits among the first n partial quotients {Ln(x)}n≥1, the increasing sequence of the largest partial quotients {Bn(x)}n⩾1 and the sequence of successive occurrences of the largest partial quotients {Tn(x)}n⩾1 in the continued fraction expansion of x ∈ [0,1) ∩ ℚc. Under suitable assumptions of the function ψ, we will prove that the sets L(α, {ψ(n)}), B(α, {ψ(n)}) and T(α, {ψ(n)}) are all of full Hausdorff dimensions for any 0 ⩽ α ⩽ ∞. These results complement some limit theorems given by J. Galambos [4] and D. Barbolosi and C. Faivre [1].


Author(s):  
LINGLING HUANG ◽  
CHAO MA

Abstract This paper is concerned with the growth rate of the product of consecutive partial quotients relative to the denominator of the convergent for the continued fraction expansion of an irrational number. More precisely, given a natural number $m,$ we determine the Hausdorff dimension of the following set: $$ \begin{align*} E_m(\tau)=\bigg\{x\in [0,1): \limsup\limits_{n\rightarrow\infty}\frac{\log (a_n(x)a_{n+1}(x)\cdots a_{n+m}(x))}{\log q_n(x)}=\tau\bigg\}, \end{align*} $$ where $\tau $ is a nonnegative number. This extends the dimensional result of Dirichlet nonimprovable sets (when $m=1$ ) shown by Hussain, Kleinbock, Wadleigh and Wang.


1987 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Jamieson

The infinite continued fractionin whichis periodic with period l and is equal to a quadratic surd if and only if the partial quotients, ak, are integers or rational numbers [1]. We shall also assume that they are positive. The transformation discussed below applies only to pure periodic fractions where n is zero.


2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 283-293
Author(s):  
Poj Lertchoosakul ◽  
Radhakrishnan Nair

AbstractLet 𝔽q be the finite field of q elements. An analogue of the regular continued fraction expansion for an element α in the field of formal Laurent series over 𝔽q is given uniquely by $$\alpha = A_0(\alpha ) + \displaystyle{1 \over {A_1(\alpha ) + \displaystyle{1 \over {A_2(\alpha ) + \ddots }}}},$$ where $(A_{n}(\alpha))_{n=0}^{\infty}$ is a sequence of polynomials with coefficients in 𝔽q such that deg(An(α)) ⩾ 1 for all n ⩾ 1. In this paper, we provide quantitative versions of metrical results regarding averages of partial quotients. A sample result we prove is that, given any ϵ > 0, we have $$\vert A_1(\alpha ) \ldots A_N(\alpha )\vert ^{1/N} = q^{q/(q - 1)} + o(N^{ - 1/2}(\log N)^{3/2 + {\rm \epsilon }})$$ for almost everywhere α with respect to Haar measure.


2009 ◽  
Vol 148 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
AI-HUA FAN ◽  
LINGMIN LIAO ◽  
JI-HUA MA

AbstractWe consider sets of real numbers in [0, 1) with prescribed frequencies of partial quotients in their regular continued fraction expansions. It is shown that the Hausdorff dimensions of these sets, always bounded from below by 1/2, are given by a modified variational principle.


2013 ◽  
Vol 09 (05) ◽  
pp. 1237-1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUMING SHEN ◽  
JIAN XU ◽  
HUIPING JING

For x ∈ I, let [A1(x), A2(x), …] be the continued fraction expansions over the field of Laurent series, write Ln(x) ≔ max { deg A1(x), deg A2(x), …, deg An(x)}, which is called the largest degree of partial quotients. In this paper, we give an iterated logarithm type theorem for Ln(x), and by which, we get that for P-almost all x ∈ I, [Formula: see text]. Also the Hausdorff dimensions of the related exceptional sets are determined.


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