Asymptotics and Sequential Closures of Continued Fractions and Generalizations

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2007-09-12

arxiv.org/abs/0709.1909v4

Mathematics

Complex Variables

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Given a sequence of complex square matrices, $a_n$, consider the sequence of their partial products, defined by $p_n=p_{n-1}a_{n}$. What can be said about the asymptotics as $n\to\infty$ of the sequence $f(p_n)$, where $f$ is a continuous function? A special case of our most general result addresses this question under the assumption that the matrices $a_n$ are an $l_1$ perturbation of a sequence of matrices with bounded partial products. We apply our theory to investigate the asymptotics of the approximants of continued fractions. In particular, when a continued fraction is $l_1$ limit 1-periodic of elliptic or loxodromic type, we show that its sequence of approximants tends to a circle in $\hat{\mathbb{C}}$, or to a finite set of points lying on a circle. Our main theorem on such continued fractions unifies the treatment of the loxodromic and elliptic cases, which are convergent and divergent, respectively. When an approximating sequence tends to a circle, we obtain statistical information about the limiting distribution of the approximants. When the circle is the real line, the points are shown to have a Cauchy distribution with parameters given in terms of modifications of the original continued fraction. As an example of the general theory, a detailed study of a $q$-continued fraction in five complex variables is provided. The most general theorem in the paper holds in the context of Banach algebras. The theory is also applied to $(r,s)$-matrix continued fractions and recurrence sequences of Poincar\'e type and compared with closely related literature.

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