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On the Farey fractions with denominators in arithmetic progression

Number Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Let FQF_Q be the set of Farey fractions of order QQ. Given the integers \d2\d\ge 2 and 0¸\d10\le \c \le \d-1, let FQ(c,d)F_Q(c,d) be the subset of FQF_Q of those fractions whose denominators are c(modd)\equiv c \pmod d, arranged in ascending order. The problem we address here is to show that as QQ\to\infty, there exists a limit probability measuring the distribution of ss-tuples of consecutive denominators of fractions in FQ(c,d)F_Q(c,d). This shows that the clusters of points (q0/Q,q1/Q,...,qs/Q)[0,1]s+1(q_0/Q,q_1/Q,...,q_s/Q)\in[0,1]^{s+1}, where q0,q1,...,qsq_0,q_1,...,q_s are consecutive denominators of members of FQF_Q produce a limit set, denoted by D(c,d)D(c,d). The shape and the structure of this set are presented in several particular cases.

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@article{arxiv.math/0511358,
  title  = {On the Farey fractions with denominators in arithmetic progression},
  author = {Cristian Cobeli and Alexandru Zaharescu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0511358},
  year   = {2007}
}

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28 pages, 52 figures