English

A local limit theorem with speed of convergence for Euclidean algorithms and diophantine costs

Dynamical Systems 2008-08-28 v3 Probability

Abstract

For large NN, we consider the ordinary continued fraction of x=p/qx=p/q with 1pqN1\le p\le q\le N, or, equivalently, Euclid's gcd algorithm for two integers 1pqN1\le p\le q\le N, putting the uniform distribution on the set of pp and qqs. We study the distribution of the total cost of execution of the algorithm for an additive cost function cc on the set Z+\mathbb{Z}_+^* of possible digits, asymptotically for NN\to\infty. If cc is nonlattice and satisfies mild growth conditions, the local limit theorem was proved previously by the second named author. Introducing diophantine conditions on the cost, we are able to control the speed of convergence in the local limit theorem. We use previous estimates of the first author and Vall\'{e}e, and we adapt to our setting bounds of Dolgopyat and Melbourne on transfer operators. Our diophantine condition is generic (with respect to Lebesgue measure). For smooth enough observables (depending on the diophantine condition) we attain the optimal speed.

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@article{arxiv.math/0604341,
  title  = {A local limit theorem with speed of convergence for Euclidean algorithms and diophantine costs},
  author = {Viviane Baladi and Aïcha Hachemi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0604341},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/07-AIHP140 the Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincar\'e - Probabilit\'es et Statistiques (http://www.imstat.org/aihp/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)