Uniform Distribution Theory
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Journal

Uniform Distribution Theory


Volume
& Issue

Volume 16, Issue 1


Published
on

August 2, 2021


Pages

93-126


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Article

Uniform Distribution of the Weighted Sum-of-Digits Functions

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Authors

Ladislav Misık Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Faculty of Sciences, University of Ostrava 30. dubna 22, 701 03 Ostrava 1 CZECH REPUBLIC & Department of Mathematics and Informatics Faculty of Economics of J.Selye University P. O. Box 54 Hradna str. 21, 945 01 Komarno SLOVAK REPUBLIC
, Stefan Porubsky Affiliation:
The Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Computer Science Pod Vodárenskou věží 2 182 07 Praha 8 – Liběn CZECH REPUBLIC
and Oto Strauch Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences Stefanikova 49 SK-814 73 Bratislava SLOVAK REPUBLIC


Abstract

The higher-dimensional generalization of the weighted \( q \)-adic
sum-of-digits function
\( s_{q,\gamma}(n) \), \( n=0,1,2,\ldots \),
covers several important cases of sequences investigated in the theory of
uniformly distributed sequences, e.g., \( d \)-dimensional van der Corput–Halton
or \( d \)-dimensional Kronecker sequences. We prove a necessary and sufficient
condition for the higher-dimensional weighted \( q \)-adic sum-of-digits
functions to be uniformly distributed modulo one in terms of a trigonometric
product.

As applications of our condition we prove some upper estimates of the extreme
discrepancies of such sequences, and that the existence of distribution
function

\[
g(x)=x
\]

implies the uniform distribution modulo one of the weighted
\( q \)-adic sum-of-digits function
\( s_{q,\gamma}(n) \),
\( n=0,1,2,\ldots \).
We also prove the uniform distribution modulo one of related sequences

\[
h_{1q,\gamma}(n)+h_{2sq,\gamma}(n+1),
\]

where \( h_1 \) and \( h_2 \) are integers such that
\( h_1+h_2 \neq 0 \)
and that the akin two-dimensional sequence

\[
\bigl(s_{q,\gamma}(n),\,s_{q,\gamma}(n+1)\bigr)
\]

cannot be uniformly distributed modulo one if
\( q\ge 3 \).
The properties of the two-dimensional sequence

\[
\bigl(s_{q,\gamma}(n),\,s_{q,\gamma}(n+1)\bigr),
\qquad n=0,1,2,\ldots,
\]

will be instrumental in the proofs of the main results.


Keywords

uniform distribution, van der Corput sequence, higher-dimensional weighted.


Citation

Porubsky, S. & Strauch, O. (2021). Uniform distribution of the weighted sum-of-digits functions. Uniform Distribution Theory, 16(1), 93–126. https://doi.org/10.2478/udt-2021-0005

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