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Linear relations among asymptotic frequencies in continued fractions

Number Theory 2018-06-12 v2

Abstract

Let H(m,d)H(m,d) denote the asymptotic frequency of the natural numbers kdmodmk\equiv d \mod m in the continued fraction expansions of almost all numbers x[0,1)x\in[0,1). For a fixed number m4m\ge 4, we study Q\mathbb Q-linear relations among the numbers H(m,d)H(m,d), 1dm31\le d\le m-3, i.e., vectors (c1,,cm3)Qm3(c_1,\ldots,c_{m-3})\in\mathbb Q^{m-3} such that d=1m3cdH(m,d)=0. \sum_{d=1}^{m-3} c_dH(m,d)=0. We restrict ourselves to the symmetric case cd=cm2dc_d=c_{m-2-d}. In the end, we obtain a basis of the Q\mathbb Q-vector space of these relations for prime powers mm and for m=pqm=pq, where pqp\ne q are primes.

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@article{arxiv.1802.01299,
  title  = {Linear relations among asymptotic frequencies in continued fractions},
  author = {Kurt Girstmair},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.01299},
  year   = {2018}
}

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