Abstract:
Let DA(N) be the set of all integers not exceeding N and equal to
irreducible denominators of positive
rational numbers with finite continued fraction expansions in which all partial quotients belong
to a finite number alphabet A. A new lower bound for the cardinality
|DA(N)| is obtained, whose nontrivial part improves that known previously by up to 28%.
Thus, for A={1,2}, a formula derived in the paper implies the
inequality |D{1,2}(N)|≫N0.531+0.024 with nontrivial part 0.024. The preceding result of the author was
|D{1,2}(N)|≫N0.531+0.019, and a calculation by the original
2011 theorem of Bourgain and Kontorovich gave |D{1,2}(N)|≫N0.531+0.006.
Keywords:
continued fraction, trigonometric sum, Zaremba's conjecture, Hausdorff dimension.
Citation:
I. D. Kan, “Strengthening of the Burgein–Kontorovich theorem on small values of Hausdorff dimension”, Funktsional. Anal. i Prilozhen., 56:1 (2022), 66–80; Funct. Anal. Appl., 56:1 (2022), 48–60