On some results of Korobov and Larcher and Zaremba's conjecture

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Main Author: Shkredov, Ilya D.
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contents We prove, in particular, the well--known Zaremba conjecture from the theory of continued fractions for any prime denominator. More precisely, we show, firstly, that under some mild conditions, for any sufficiently large $q$, there exists $a$ coprime to $q$ such that all partial quotients of $a/q$ are bounded by $O(\sqrt{\log q})$, and, moreover we find asymptotically tight lower bound for the number of such $a$. Secondly, we obtain a good lower bound for the number $a$ such that the sum of all partial quotients of $a/q$ is bounded by $O(\log q \cdot \sqrt{\log \log q})$. This, accordingly, improves on some results of Korobov and Larcher. Finally, we show that for all sufficiently large $\mathcal{M}$ there are $Ω(q^{1-O(1/\mathcal{M})})$ numbers $a$ coprime to $q$ such that all partial quotients of $a/q$ are bounded by $\mathcal{M}$.
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spellingShingle On some results of Korobov and Larcher and Zaremba's conjecture
Shkredov, Ilya D.
Number Theory
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Combinatorics
11J70, 11B30, 05C25, 20G40, 11B75
We prove, in particular, the well--known Zaremba conjecture from the theory of continued fractions for any prime denominator. More precisely, we show, firstly, that under some mild conditions, for any sufficiently large $q$, there exists $a$ coprime to $q$ such that all partial quotients of $a/q$ are bounded by $O(\sqrt{\log q})$, and, moreover we find asymptotically tight lower bound for the number of such $a$. Secondly, we obtain a good lower bound for the number $a$ such that the sum of all partial quotients of $a/q$ is bounded by $O(\log q \cdot \sqrt{\log \log q})$. This, accordingly, improves on some results of Korobov and Larcher. Finally, we show that for all sufficiently large $\mathcal{M}$ there are $Ω(q^{1-O(1/\mathcal{M})})$ numbers $a$ coprime to $q$ such that all partial quotients of $a/q$ are bounded by $\mathcal{M}$.
title On some results of Korobov and Larcher and Zaremba's conjecture
topic Number Theory
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Combinatorics
11J70, 11B30, 05C25, 20G40, 11B75
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.14116