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Chebyshevskii Sb., 2013 Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 95–100 (Mi cheb306)

Approximation by $\Omega$-continued fractions

O. A. Gorkusha

Institute for Applied Mathematics, Khabarovsk Division, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: Let $x\in (0,1)$ be a real number, $x=[0;\varepsilon_1/b_1,\ldots,\varepsilon_1/b_n,\ldots]$ be its expansion in $\Omega$-continued fraction. Let $A_n/B_n$ be its nth convergent and $\Upsilon_n=\Upsilon_n(x)=B^2_n|x -A_n/B_n|$. In this note we prove the analog of the classical theorems by Borel and Hurwitz on the quality of the approximations for $\Omega$-continued fractions: $\min(\Upsilon_{n-1}, \Upsilon_{n},\Upsilon_{n+1})\le 1/\sqrt{5}$. The result is best possible.

Keywords: continued fractions, semi-regular continued fractions, approximation coefficients, Vahlen's theorem, $\Omega$-continued fraction expansion, analogue of Borel's theorem.

UDC: 511.9

Received: 12.09.2013



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