Equidistribution of continued fraction convergents in \mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z}_m) with an application to local discrepancy

arXiv2303.08504MaRDI QIDQ6429655FDOQ6429655

Authors: Bence Borda 

Publication date: 15 March 2023

Abstract: We study the distribution of the sequence of continued fraction convergents $p_n/q_n$ to a random irrational number in the group $mathrmSL(2,mathbb{Z}_m)$, and in particular the distribution of $p_{n}pmodm$ and $q_{n}pmodm$ with a fixed modulus $m$. Improving the strong law of large numbers due to Sz"usz, Moeckel, Jager and Liardet, we establish the central limit theorem and the law of the iterated logarithm, as well as the weak and the almost sure invariance principles. As an application, we find the limit distribution of the maximum and the minimum of the Birkhoff sum for the irrational rotation with the indicator of an interval as test function. We also compute the normalizing constant in a classical limit law for the same Birkhoff sum due to Kesten, and dispel a misconception about its dependence on the test interval.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems and their relations with probability theory and stochastic processes (37A50) Dynamical systems involving maps of the circle (37E10) Metric theory of continued fractions (11K50)

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