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Minkowski dimension and content of complex continued fractions

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2026-07-21 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We study the Minkowski geometry of finite-level sets of Gaussian rationals arising from Hurwitz continued fractions. For each m1m\geq 1, let HmH_m be the set of points in the fundamental square whose Hurwitz continued fraction expansions have length exactly mm. We also consider the relaxed recursive sets defined by G0={0}G_0=\{0\} and Gm={1u+v:uZ[i], vGm1, u+v>1}.G_m=\Big\{\frac{1}{u+v}: u \in\mathbb{Z}[i],\ v\in G_{m-1},\ |u+v|>1 \Big\}. We prove that for every m1m\geq 1, dimMHm=dimMGm=1.\dim_{\rm M} H_m=\dim_{\rm M} G_m=1. We further determine the critical one-dimensional Minkowski content of these sets. We have M1(H1)=M1(G1)=4πlog(1+2){\mathcal M}^1(H_1)={\mathcal M}^1(G_1)=4\pi\log(1+\sqrt{2}), whereas M1(Hm)=M1(Gm)={\mathcal M}^1(H_m)={\mathcal M}^1(G_m)=\infty for every m2m\geq 2.

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@article{arxiv.2607.19001,
  title  = {Minkowski dimension and content of complex continued fractions},
  author = {Yifei Gu and Lai Jiang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.19001},
  year   = {2026}
}