Random continued fractions: Lévy constant and Chernoff-type estimate (Q2345498)

The authors appeal to Lévy's theorem concerning the pointwise asymptotic behaviour of the sequence of the denominators of a truncated continued fraction expansion of any real number and extend this result to stochastic sequences of continued fractions. They prove that if the sequence of continued fractions is ergodic and the expectation of the logarithm is finite, then a Lévy-type metric theorem which covers the real case obtained by \textit{P. Lévy} [Bull. Soc. Math. Fr. 57, 178--194 (1929; JFM 55.0916.02)], holds. The authors' theorem states that the Lévy constant of random continued fractions exists and is equal to a constant almost surely. Moreover, a corresponding Chernoff-type estimate is obtained under suitable mixing conditions.