The Lagrange and Markov spectra from the dynamical point of view (Q1710479)

This article is split into two parts. The first part introduces the Lagrange and Markov spectra (which we shall denote by \(L\) and \(M\) respectively) and provides a dynamical characterization of these two sets. Using this characterization, the second part gives a sketched proof of a theorem due to \textit{C. Moreira} [Ann. Math. (2) 188, No. 1, 145--170 (2018; Zbl 1404.11095)]. This theorem provides a detailed description of the Hausdorff dimension of \(L\cap(-\infty,t)\) and \(M\cap(-\infty,t)\). In particular, it is shown that \(\dim_{H}(L\cap(-\infty,t))=\dim_{H}(M\cap(-\infty,t))\) for all \(t\in\mathbb{R}\), \(\dim_{H}(L\cap(-\infty,t))>0\) for all \(t>3\), and \(\dim_{H}(L\cap(-\infty,t))\) depends continuously on \(t\). This article is well written and would provide a good introduction to a general audience. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1397.37007].