A CONTINUED FRACTION TITBIT
A CONTINUED FRACTION TITBIT
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1995
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通讯作者:
M. Keane
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作者:
M. Keane
In 1812 Gauss, in a letter to Laplace, proposed without proof a formula explaining the statistical regularity of continued fractions. There has since been speculation concerning the manner in which Gauss arrived at this formula. In this article we present a plausible explanation, which at the same time gives an elementary proof of the full ergodic nature of the underlying dynamical system. The method seems to be of interest for other number-theoretic expansions.