Uniform Distribution Theory
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Journal

Uniform Distribution Theory


Volume
& Issue

Volume 3, Issue 2


Published
on

February 27, 2009


Pages

147-155


DOI

Article

Le´ Vy Constants of Quadratic Irrationalities


Authors

Christoph Baxa Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics University of Vienna Nordbergstraße 15 A–1090 Wien AUSTRIA


Abstract

An irrational number α is said to have L´evy constant β(α) if the limit 1 lim log qm(α) =: β(α) m→∞ m exists where qm(α) denotes the denominator of the mth convergent of α. We give a new proof of the fact that the L´evy constants of quadratic irrationalities are√dense in the interval log 1+ 5 , +∞ . 2


Keywords

Continued fraction, convergent, quadratic irrational.


Citation

Baxa, C. (2008). Le´ vy constants of quadratic irrationalities. Uniform Distribution Theory, 3(2), 147–155.

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