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L\'{e}vy-Khintchine Theorems: effective results and central limit theorems

Number Theory 2026-05-05 v4 Dynamical Systems Probability

Abstract

The L\'evy-Khintchine theorem is a classical result in Diophantine approximation that describes the asymptotic growth of the denominators of convergents in the continued fraction expansion of a typical real number. An effective version of this theorem was proved by Phillip and Stackelberg (\textit{Math. Annalen}, 1969) and Central Limit Theorems were proved by several authors \cites{Ibragimov, Misevicius, Morita, Vallee}. In this work, we develop a new approach towards quantifying the L\'evy-Khintchine theorem. Our methods apply to the setting of higher-dimensional simultaneous Diophantine approximation, thereby providing an effective version of a theorem of Cheung and Chevallier (\textit{Annales scientifiques de l'ENS}, 2024). Further, we prove a Central Limit Theorem for best approximations in all dimensions. Unlike previous approaches to the one-dimensional problem, our approach relies on techniques from homogeneous dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.2504.20718,
  title  = {L\'{e}vy-Khintchine Theorems: effective results and central limit theorems},
  author = {Gaurav Aggarwal and Anish Ghosh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.20718},
  year   = {2026}
}

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