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July  2008, 20(3): 673-711. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2008.20.673

On the entropy of Japanese continued fractions

Laura Luzzi 1, and  Stefano Marmi 1,

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Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7, 56126, Pisa (PI), Italy, Italy

Received  February 2007 Revised  October 2007 Published  December 2007

We consider a one-parameter family of expanding interval maps $\{T_{\alpha}\}_{\alpha \in [0,1]}$ (Japanese continued fractions) which include the Gauss map ($\alpha=1$) and the nearest integer and by-excess continued fraction maps ($\alpha=\frac{1}{2},\,\alpha=0$). We prove that the Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy $h(\alpha)$ of these maps depends continuously on the parameter and that $h(\alpha) \to 0$ as $\alpha \to 0$. Numerical results suggest that this convergence is not monotone and that the entropy function has infinitely many phase transitions and a self-similar structure. Finally, we find the natural extension and the invariant densities of the maps $T_{\alpha}$ for $\alpha=\frac{1}{n}$.
Keywords: continuity of entropy., Japanese continued fractions, natural extension.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 11K50; Secondary: 37A10, 37A35, 37E0.
Citation: Laura Luzzi, Stefano Marmi. On the entropy of Japanese continued fractions. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2008, 20 (3) : 673-711. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2008.20.673
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