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Uniform distribution mod $1$ for sequences of ergodic sums and continued fractions

Dynamical Systems 2025-03-03 v2

Abstract

We establish a coboundary condition for a sequence of ergodic sums (i.e.~Birkhoff partial sums) to be almost surely uniformly distributed mod 11. Applications are given when the sequence is generated by a Gibbs-Markov map. In particular, we show that for almost every real number, the sequence of denominators of the convergents of its continued fraction expansion satisfies Benford's law.

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@article{arxiv.2307.14843,
  title  = {Uniform distribution mod $1$ for sequences of ergodic sums and continued fractions},
  author = {Albert M. Fisher and Xuan Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.14843},
  year   = {2025}
}