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On the Sz\"usz's Solution to Gauss' Problem

Number Theory 2010-10-22 v1

Abstract

The present paper deals with Gauss' problem on continued fractions. We present a new proof of a theorem which Sz\"usz applied in order to solve this problem. To be noted, that we obtain the value 0.7594...0.7594... for qq, which has been optimized by Sz\"usz in his 1961 paper "\"Uber einen Kusminschen Satz", where the value 0.485 is obtained for qq. In our proof, we make use of an important property of the Perron-Frobenius operator of τ\tau under γ\gamma, where τ\tau is the continued fraction transformation, and γ\gamma is the Gauss' measure.

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@article{arxiv.1010.4432,
  title  = {On the Sz\"usz's Solution to Gauss' Problem},
  author = {Dan Lascu and Ion Coltescu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.4432},
  year   = {2010}
}
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