Approximations of the Lagrange and Markov spectra

Delecroix, Vincent; Matheus, Carlos; Moreira, Carlos Gustavo

doi:10.1090/mcom/3513

Approximations of the Lagrange and Markov spectra
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Abstract:

We describe a polynomial time algorithm providing finite sets arbitrarily close (in Hausdorff topology) to the Lagrange and Markov spectra.

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