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A Khinchin Sequence

Author(s): Thomas Wieting
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008), 815-824.
MSC (2000): Primary 11Y65; Secondary 28D05
Posted: November 30, 2007
MathSciNet review: 2361853
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Abstract: We prove that the geometric and harmonic means of the sequence $ Z_2$ of positive integers proposed by Bailey, Borwein, and Crandall converge to the corresponding Khinchin Constants.


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Additional Information:

Thomas Wieting
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202
Email: wieting@reed.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-07-09202-7
PII: S 0002-9939(07)09202-7
Keywords: Khinchin Sequence, continued fraction expansion, geometric mean, harmonic mean
Received by editor(s): January 12, 2007
Posted: November 30, 2007
Additional Notes: Thanks to R. C. Crandall for suggesting the subject of this paper.
Communicated by: Jonathan M. Borwein
Copyright of article: Copyright 2007, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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