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Borel--Bernstein and Hirst-type Theorems for Nearest-Integer Complex Continued Fractions over Euclidean Imaginary Quadratic Fields

Dynamical Systems 2026-04-17 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

For each d1,2,3,7,11d \in {1,2,3,7,11}, let TdT_d be the nearest-integer complex continued fraction map associated with the Euclidean ring Od\mathcal{O}*d, and let (an)(a_n) be its digit sequence. We prove two metric results for this five-system family. First, for every sequence (un)n1(u_n)*{n\ge 1} with un1u_n \ge 1, the set of points for which anun|a_n| \ge u_n for infinitely many nn has full or zero normalized Lebesgue measure according as n=1un2\sum_{n=1}^\infty u_n^{-2} diverges or converges. This gives a unified Borel--Bernstein theorem, extending the Hurwitz case d=1d=1 to all five Euclidean imaginary quadratic fields. Second, for any infinite set SOdS \subset \mathcal{O}_d, if τ(S)\tau(S) denotes its convergence exponent, then the digit-restricted set Fd(S)=z: an(z)S for all n, an(z)F_d(S)={z:\ a_n(z)\in S\ \text{for all } n,\ |a_n(z)|\to\infty} satisfies dimHFd(S)=τ(S)/2\dim_H F_d(S)=\tau(S)/2. More generally, for any cutoff function f(n)f(n)\to\infty, the set Fd(S,f)=zFd(S): an(z)f(n) for all nF_d(S,f)={z\in F_d(S):\ |a_n(z)|\le f(n)\ \text{for all } n} is either empty or has the same Hausdorff dimension τ(S)/2\tau(S)/2. The proof combines quantitative ergodic properties of the nearest-integer systems with a large-digit conformal iterated function subsystem that is 22-decaying. We also obtain applications to sparse patterns, shrinking targets, and almost-sure LevyL'evy- and Khinchine-type laws.

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@article{arxiv.2604.15293,
  title  = {Borel--Bernstein and Hirst-type Theorems for Nearest-Integer Complex Continued Fractions over Euclidean Imaginary Quadratic Fields},
  author = {Kangrae Park},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.15293},
  year   = {2026}
}

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28 pages

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