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Products of exact dynamical systems and Lorentzian continued fractions

Dynamical Systems 2025-05-29 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We describe a new continued fraction system in Minkowski space R1,1\mathbb R^{1,1}, proving convergence, ergodicity with respect to an explicit invariant measure, and Lagrange's theorem. The proof of ergodicity leads us to the question of exactness for products of dynamical systems. Under technical assumptions, namely Renyi's condition, we show that products of exact dynamical systems are again exact, allowing us to study α\alpha-type perturbations of the system. In addition, we describe new CF systems in R1,1\mathbb R^{1,1} and R2,1Sym2(R)\mathbb R^{2,1}\cong \mathrm{Sym}_2(\mathbb R) that, based on experimental evidence, we conjecture to be convergent and ergodic with respect to a finite invariant measure.

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@article{arxiv.2505.22556,
  title  = {Products of exact dynamical systems and Lorentzian continued fractions},
  author = {Brandon G. Barreto-Rosa and Jean-Philippe Burelle and Anton Lukyanenko and Martha Richey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.22556},
  year   = {2025}
}

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15 pages