Lower rational approximations and Farey staircases
Number Theory
2024-02-05 v2
Abstract
For a real number , call the -th lower rational approximation of . We study the functions defined by taking the cumulative average of the first lower rational approximations of , which we call the Farey staircase functions. This sequence of functions is monotonically increasing. We determine limit behavior of these functions and show that they exhibit fractal structure under appropriate normalization.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2303.02935,
title = {Lower rational approximations and Farey staircases},
author = {David Harry Richman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.02935},
year = {2024}
}
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14 pages, 7 figures, comments welcome! v2: Final version, to appear in Integers