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Continuity of the continued fraction mapping revisited

Number Theory 2025-03-18 v2 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

The continued fraction mapping maps a number in the interval [0,1)[0,1) to the sequence of its partial quotients. When restricted to the set of irrationals, which is a subspace of the Euclidean space R\mathbb{R}, the continued fraction mapping is a homeomorphism onto the product space NN\mathbb{N}^{\mathbb{N}}, where N\mathbb{N} is a discrete space. In this short note, we examine the continuity of the continued fraction mapping, addressing both irrational and rational points of the unit interval.

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@article{arxiv.2404.18853,
  title  = {Continuity of the continued fraction mapping revisited},
  author = {Min Woong Ahn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.18853},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

11 pages, Introduction revised