On the asymptotic behaviour of the Lebesgue measure of sum-level sets for continued fractions (Q432597)
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On the asymptotic behaviour of the Lebesgue measure of sum-level sets for continued fractions (English)
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4 July 2012
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The authors consider continued fractions \[ [a_1,a_2,\ldots]=\dfrac{1}{a_1+\dfrac{1}{a_2+\dfrac{1}{a_3+\cdots}}}\in[0,1] \] and study properties of sum level sets \[ \mathcal C_n=\{[a_1,a_2,\ldots]\colon \sum_{i=1}^ka_i=n\text{ for some \(k\in\mathbb N\)}\}. \] The following results are proved using Farey maps and the infinite ergodic theorem: Denote by \(\lambda\) the Lebesgue measure on \([0,1]\). Then \[ \begin{aligned} \lim_{n\to\infty}\lambda(\mathcal C_n)&=0,\\ \sum_{k=1}^n\lambda(\mathcal C_k)&\sim{n\over\log_2n},\\ \lambda(\mathcal C_n) &\sim{1\over\log_2n}.\end{aligned} \] The authors give two proofs for the first statement.
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continued fractions
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thermodynamical formalism
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multifractals
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infinite ergodic theory
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phase transition
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intermittency
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Stern-Brocot sequence
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Farey sequence
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Gauss map
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Farey map
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