Metrical theory of continued fractions
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Metrical theory of continued fractions
（Mathematics and its applications, v. 547）
Kluwer Academic, c2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-376) and index
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Description
This monograph is intended to be a complete treatment of the metrical the ory of the (regular) continued fraction expansion and related representations of real numbers. We have attempted to give the best possible results known so far, with proofs which are the simplest and most direct. The book has had a long gestation period because we first decided to write it in March 1994. This gave us the possibility of essentially improving the initial versions of many parts of it. Even if the two authors are different in style and approach, every effort has been made to hide the differences. Let 0 denote the set of irrationals in I = [0,1]. Define the (reg ular) continued fraction transformation T by T (w) = fractional part of n 1/w, w E O. Write T for the nth iterate of T, n E N = {O, 1, ... }, n 1 with TO = identity map. The positive integers an(w) = al(T - (W)), n E N+ = {1,2*** }, where al(w) = integer part of 1/w, w E 0, are called the (regular continued fraction) digits of w. Writing . for arbitrary indeterminates Xi, 1 :::; i :::; n, we have w = lim [al(w),*** , an(w)], w E 0, n--->oo thus explaining the name of T. The above equation will be also written as w = lim [al(w), a2(w),***], w E O.
Table of Contents
Preface. Frequently Used Notation. 1. Basic properties of the continued fraction expansion. 2. Solving Gauss' problem. 3. Limit theorems. 4. Ergodic theory of continued fractions. Appendix 1: Spaces, functions, and measures. Appendix 2: Regularly varying functions. Appendix 3: Limit theorems for mixing random variables. Notes and Comments. References. Index.
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