Random Continued fractions: Lévy constant and Chernoff-type estimate

Abstract

Given a stochastic process $\{A_n, n \geq 1\}$ taking values in natural numbers, the random continued fractions is defined as $[A_1, A_2, \cdots, A_n, \cdots]$ analogue to the continued fraction expansion of real numbers. Assume that $\{A_n, n \geq 1\}$ is ergodic and the expectation $E(\log A_1) < \infty$, we give a Lévy-type metric theorem which covers that of real case presented by Lévy in 1929. Moreover, a corresponding Chernoff-type estimate is obtained under the conditions $\{A_n, n \geq 1\}$ is $ψ$-mixing and for each $0< t< 1$, $E(A_1^t) < \infty$.

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