Uniform Distribution Theory
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Journal

Uniform Distribution Theory


Volume
& Issue

Volume 17, Issue 1


Published
on

January 27, 2022


Pages

30-56


DOI

Article

Density of Oscillating Sequences in the Real Line

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Authors

Ioannis Tsokanos Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Faculty of Science and Engineering University of Manchester Oxford Road M139PL–Manchester UNITED KINGDOM


Abstract

In this paper we study the density in the real line of oscillating sequences
of the form

\[
\bigl(g(k)\cdot F(k\alpha)\bigr)_{k\in\mathbb{N}},
\]

where \( g \) is a positive increasing function and \( F \) a real continuous
\( 1 \)-periodic function. This extends work by Berend, Boshernitzan and
Kolesnik (Distribution Modulo 1 of Some Oscillating Sequences I–III) who
established differential properties on the function \( F \) ensuring that the
oscillating sequence is dense modulo \( 1 \).

More precisely, when \( F \) has finitely many roots in \( [0,1) \), we provide
necessary and also sufficient conditions for the oscillating sequence under
consideration to be dense in \( \mathbb{R} \). All the results are stated in terms
of the Diophantine properties of \( \alpha \), with the help of the theory of
continued fractions.


Keywords

Diophantine approximation, oscillating sequences, irrationality measure, continued fractions, Ostrowski expansion.


Citation

Tsokanos, I. (2022). Density of oscillating sequences in the real line. Uniform Distribution Theory, 17(1), 30–56. https://doi.org/10.2478/UDT-2022-0003

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