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Geodesic flows and the mother of all continued fractions

Dynamical Systems 2024-06-25 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

We extend the Series' connection between the modular surface M=PSL(2,Z)\H\mathcal{M}=\operatorname{PSL}(2,\mathbb{Z})\backslash\mathbb{H}, cutting sequences, and regular continued fractions to the slow converging Lehner and Farey continued fractions with digits (1,+1)(1,+1) and (2,1)(2,-1) in the notation used for the Lehner continued fractions. We also introduce an alternative insertion and singularization algorithm for Farey expansions and other non-semiregular continued fractions, and an alternative dual expansion to the Farey expansions so that dxdy(1+xy)2\frac{dxdy}{(1+xy)^2} is invariant under the natural extension map.

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@article{arxiv.2001.06073,
  title  = {Geodesic flows and the mother of all continued fractions},
  author = {Claire Merriman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.06073},
  year   = {2024}
}

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12 pages, 4 figures