The shrinking target problem in the dynamical system of continued fractions
The shrinking target problem in the dynamical system of continued fractions
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DOI:
10.1112/plms/pdt017
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发表时间:
2014-01
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Bing Li;Bao-Wei Wang;Jun Wu;Jian Xu
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作者:
Bing Li;Bao-Wei Wang;Jun Wu;Jian Xu
Let ([0, 1), T) be the dynamical system of continued fractions. Let {zn}n⩾1 be a sequence of real numbers in [0, 1] and ψ: ℕ × [0, 1) → ℝ+ be a positive function. A point x∈[0, 1) is said to be ψ‐approximable by {zn}n ⩾ 1 if |Tnx − zn| < ψ(n, x) holds for infinitely many n ∈ ℕ. In this paper, the Hausdorff dimension of the set of ψ‐approximable points is studied. The dimensions are completely determined when ψ(n, x) = ψ(n) independent on x and when ψ(n,x)=e−(f(x)+⋯+f(Tn−1x)) with f a positive continuous function. For the proof of these results, a relationship between a ball in [0, 1) and the cylinders defined by the partial quotients in continued fractions is investigated. It is shown that a ball can be sufficiently packed by cylinders of the same order and of comparable length, which gives us explicit continued fraction representations in locating the points in a ball in [0, 1).