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Dynamical characterization of initial segments of the Markov and Lagrange spectra

Dynamical Systems 2020-10-30 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We prove that, for every k4k\ge 4, the sets M(k)M(k) and L(k)L(k), which are Markov and Lagrange dynamical spectra related to conservative horseshoes and associated to continued fractions with coefficients bounded by kk coincide with the intersections of the classical Markov and Lagrange spectra with (,k2+4k](-\infty, \sqrt{k^2+4k}]. We also observe that, despite the corresponding statement is also true for k=2k = 2, it is false for k=3k = 3.

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@article{arxiv.2010.15291,
  title  = {Dynamical characterization of initial segments of the Markov and Lagrange spectra},
  author = {Davi Lima and Carlos Gustavo Moreira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.15291},
  year   = {2020}
}

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24 pages