Abstract:
Estimates are obtained for the number of proper irreducible fractions with
denominator $p$ such that an initial and an end segment
of their expansion in a continued fraction have bounded partial quotients.
These results are connected with an estimate of incomplete
Kloosterman sums over sets of the form
$\mathscr A+\mathscr B\subset\mathbb Z_p$. Results on the
distribution in $\mathbb Z_p$ of the elements of sets of the form
$(\mathscr A+\mathscr B)^k$ and $k\cdot(\mathscr A+\mathscr B)^{-1}$ are
obtained.
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