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Continued fraction normality is not preserved along arithmetic progressions

Number Theory 2015-09-21 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

It is well known that if 0.a1a2a30.a_1a_2a_3\dots is the base-bb expansion of a number normal to base-bb, then the numbers 0.akam+ka2m+k0.a_ka_{m+k}a_{2m+k}\dots for m2m\ge 2, k1k\ge 1 are all normal to base-bb as well. In contrast, given a continued fraction expansion a1,a2,a3,\langle a_1,a_2,a_3,\dots\rangle that is normal (now with respect to the continued fraction expansion), we show that for any integers m2m\ge 2, k1k\ge 1, the continued fraction ak,am+k,a2m+k,a3m+k,\langle a_k, a_{m+k},a_{2m+k},a_{3m+k},\dots\rangle will never be normal.

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@article{arxiv.1509.05501,
  title  = {Continued fraction normality is not preserved along arithmetic progressions},
  author = {Byron Heersink and Joseph Vandehey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.05501},
  year   = {2015}
}
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