Normal numbers generated using the smallest prime factor function (Q2258228): Difference between revisions

In a series of recent papers [Bull. Aust. Math. Soc. 84, No. 2, 337--349 (2011; Zbl 1231.11086); Ann. Sci. Math. Qué. 36, No. 2, 349--359 (2012; Zbl 1295.11081); Bull. Aust. Math. Soc. 88, No. 1, 158--168 (2013; Zbl 1282.11089)], the authors constructed large families of normal numbers using the distribution of the values of the largest prime factor function. Given an integer \(q\geq 2\), an irrational number \(\eta\) is called a \(q\)-normal number if the \(q\)-ary expansion of \(\eta\) is such that any preassigned sequence of length \(k\geq 1\), taken within this expansion, occurs with the expected limiting frequency, namely \(1/q^k\). It is shown that a concatenation of the successive values of \(p(n)\) can yield a normal number, where \(p(n)\) stands for the smallest prime factor of \(n\). This idea is expanded to create various large families of normal numbers.