Fractal transference principle for continued fractions of Laurent series

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Main Author: Nakajima, Yuto
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contents We establish a fractal transference principle for continued fraction expansions over the field of Laurent series. Let $S$ be an infinite subset of the set of all polynomials over a finite field of $q$ elements of positive degree with growth density exponent $α\ge 1$, and let $U \subset S$ be a subset of positive relative upper density. We prove that there exists a subset $E_{S,U}$ of the set of points whose continued fraction digits are pairwise distinct and belong to $S$ such that \[\dim_{\rm H} E_{S,U}=\frac{1}{2α}.\] Moreover, the set of digits appearing in the continued fraction expansions of points in $E_{S,U}$ recovers the relative upper density of $U$ in $S$. We also show that the same construction preserves the relative upper density of the corresponding degree sets in $\mathbb N$. As a consequence, combinatorial statements for subsets of $\mathbb N$ of positive upper density can be transferred to degree sets arising from continued fraction expansions of Laurent series on sets of optimal Hausdorff dimension.
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spellingShingle Fractal transference principle for continued fractions of Laurent series
Nakajima, Yuto
Dynamical Systems
Number Theory
We establish a fractal transference principle for continued fraction expansions over the field of Laurent series. Let $S$ be an infinite subset of the set of all polynomials over a finite field of $q$ elements of positive degree with growth density exponent $α\ge 1$, and let $U \subset S$ be a subset of positive relative upper density. We prove that there exists a subset $E_{S,U}$ of the set of points whose continued fraction digits are pairwise distinct and belong to $S$ such that \[\dim_{\rm H} E_{S,U}=\frac{1}{2α}.\] Moreover, the set of digits appearing in the continued fraction expansions of points in $E_{S,U}$ recovers the relative upper density of $U$ in $S$. We also show that the same construction preserves the relative upper density of the corresponding degree sets in $\mathbb N$. As a consequence, combinatorial statements for subsets of $\mathbb N$ of positive upper density can be transferred to degree sets arising from continued fraction expansions of Laurent series on sets of optimal Hausdorff dimension.
title Fractal transference principle for continued fractions of Laurent series
topic Dynamical Systems
Number Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.20113