Numerators of differences of nonconsecutive Farey fractions

DOI10.1142/S1793042110003113MaRDI QIDQ3566642zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alan Haynes

Publication date 8 June 2010

Published in International Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0162

zbMATH Keywords

Farey fractions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Farey sequences; the sequences (1^k, 2^k, dots) (11B57)

Abstract: An elementary but useful fact is that the numerator of the difference of two consecutive Farey fractions is equal to one. For triples of consecutive fractions the numerators of the differences are well understood and have applications to several interesting problems. In this paper we investigate numerators of differences of fractions which are farther apart. We establish algebraic identities between such differences which then allow us to calculate their average values by using properties of a measure preserving transformation of the Farey triangle.

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