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A distribution related to Farey sequences -- I

Number Theory 2025-04-29 v2

Abstract

Minor corrections to previous version. We study some arithmetical properties of Farey sequences by the method introduced by F.Boca, C.Cobeli and A.Zaharescu (2001). Let ΦQ\Phi_{Q} be the classical Farey sequence of order QQ. Having the fixed integers D2D\geqslant 2 and 0cD10\leqslant c\leqslant D-1, we colour to the red the fractions in ΦQ\Phi_{Q} with denominators c(modD)\equiv c \pmod D. Consider the gaps in ΦQ\Phi_{Q} with coloured endpoints, that do not contain the fractions a/qa/q with qc(modD)q\equiv c \pmod D inside. The question is to find the limit proportions ν(r;D,c)\nu(r;D,c) (as Q+Q\to +\infty) of such gaps with precisely rr fractions inside in the whole set of the gaps under considering (r=0,1,2,3,r = 0,1,2,3,\ldots). In fact, the expression for this proportion can be derived from the general result obtained by C.Cobeli, M.V\^{a}j\^{a}itu and A.Zaharescu (2014). However, such formula expresses ν(r;D,c)\nu(r;D,c) in the terms of areas of some polygons related to a special geometrical transform. In the present paper, we obtain an explicit formulas for ν(r;D,c)\nu(r;D,c) for the cases D=2,3D = 2, 3 and c=0c=0.

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@article{arxiv.2502.19881,
  title  = {A distribution related to Farey sequences -- I},
  author = {Maxim A. Korolev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.19881},
  year   = {2025}
}

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89 pages, 13 figures, 3 tables