Complex continued fractions, Kleinian and extremal theory for cusp excursions

Abstract

For the each of the five Euclidean rings of complex quadratic integers, we consider a complex continued fraction algorithm with digits in the ring. We show for each algorithm that the maximal digit obeys a Fr\'echet distribution. We use this to find a limiting distribution for cusp excursions on Bianchi orbifolds associated with the aforementioned rings of quadratic integers.