Lower rational approximations and Farey staircases

arXiv2303.02935MaRDI QIDQ6509063FDOQ6509063

Authors: David Harry Richman 

Abstract: For a real number $x$, call $frac1nlfloornxfloor$ the $n$-th lower rational approximation of $x$. We study the functions defined by taking the cumulative average of the first $n$ lower rational approximations of $x$, which we call the Farey staircase functions. This sequence of functions is monotonically increasing. We determine limit behavior of these functions and show that they exhibit fractal structure under appropriate normalization.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special sequences and polynomials (11B83) Continued fractions and generalizations (11J70) Inequalities for sums, series and integrals (26D15) Farey sequences; the sequences (1^k, 2^k, dots) (11B57) Approximation to limiting values (summation of series, etc.) (40A25) Convergence and divergence of series and sequences of functions (40A30)

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