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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Math 211B - Group Actions Seminar

Gaurav Aggarwal

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

Lévy-Khintchine Theorems: effective results and central limit theorems

Abstract:

The Lévy-Khintchine theorem is a classical result in Diophantine approximation that describes the growth rate of denominators of convergents in the continued fraction expansion of a typical real number. We make this theorem effective by establishing a quantitative rate of convergence. More recently, Cheung and Chevallier (Annales scientifiques de l'ENS, 2024) established a higher-dimensional analogue of the Lévy-Khintchine theorem in the setting of simultaneous Diophantine approximation, providing a limiting distribution for the denominators of best approximations. We also make their result effective by proving a convergence rate, and in addition, we establish a central limit theorem in this context. Our approach is entirely different and relies on techniques from homogeneous dynamics.

Host: Brandon Seward

May 1, 2025

10:00 AM

Zoom ID 96741093409

Research Areas

Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems

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