Borel--Bernstein and Hirst-type Theorems for Nearest-Integer Complex Continued Fractions over Euclidean Imaginary Quadratic Fields
Abstract
For each , let be the nearest-integer complex continued fraction map associated with the Euclidean ring , and let be its digit sequence. We prove two metric results for this five-system family. First, for every sequence with , the set of points for which for infinitely many has full or zero normalized Lebesgue measure according as diverges or converges. This gives a unified Borel--Bernstein theorem, extending the Hurwitz case to all five Euclidean imaginary quadratic fields. Second, for any infinite set , if denotes its convergence exponent, then the digit-restricted set satisfies . More generally, for any cutoff function , the set is either empty or has the same Hausdorff dimension . The proof combines quantitative ergodic properties of the nearest-integer systems with a large-digit conformal iterated function subsystem that is -decaying. We also obtain applications to sparse patterns, shrinking targets, and almost-sure - 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