An asymptotic formula for the expectation of finite elliptic Minkowski fractions (Q2857780)

The author considers the asymptotic properties of the following quantity NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \mathbb{E}(R)=\frac{2}{\lfloor R\rfloor \left(\lfloor R\rfloor +1\right)}\sum\limits_{d\leq R}\sum\limits_{c=1}^{d}\nu\left(\frac{c}{d}\right), NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(R\geq 2\) is a real number, \(\lfloor R\rfloor \) denotes the integer part of \(R\), and \(\nu(c/d)\) is the length of Minkowski's continued fraction (with parameter \(\Omega=2\)) constructed for rational number \(c/d\).NEWLINENEWLINEThe main result of the paper asserts that NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \mathbb{E}(R)=\frac{\log 3}{\zeta(2)}\log R+C+O\left(\frac{\log^3R}{R}\right), NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(\zeta\) denotes the Riemann zeta function, and \(C\) is a suitable constant. The expression of constant \(C\) is also derived in the paper.