Rates of convergence for continued fractions of irrational numbers

Abstract

The dynamics of the Gauss Map suggests a way to compare the convergence to a real number ζ ε(0,l) of a continued fraction and the divergence of the orbit of ζ Of particular interest is the comparison of the rate of convergence to ζ of its simple continued fraction and the rate of divergence by the Gauss Map of the orbit of ζ for all irrational numbers in (0,l). We state and prove sharp inequalities for the convergence of the sequence of rational convergents of an irrational number ζ. We show that the product of the rate of convergence of the continued fraction of ζ and the rate of divergence by the Gauss Map of the orbit of ζ equals 1.

Keywords:

• Continued fractions
• Rates of convergence

AMS Classification Categories:

• 30D05
• 58F08
• 30B70

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