Gaps and the exponent of convergence of an integer sequence

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Authors Georges Grekos, Martin Sleziak, Jana Tomanová

Publication date 20 June 2012

Published in Uniform Distribution Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.2158

zbMATH Keywords

exponent of convergenceexponential densitygaps of integer sequencesrate of proximity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Density, gaps, topology (11B05)

Abstract: Professor Tibor v{S}al'at, at one of his seminars at Comenius University, Bratislava, asked to study the influence of gaps of an integer sequence A={a_1<a_2<...<a_n<...} on its exponent of convergence. The exponent of convergence of A coincides with its upper exponential density. In this paper we consider an extension of Professor v{S}al'at's question and we study the influence of the sequence of ratios a_m/a_{m+1} and of the sequence (a_{m+1}-a_m)/a_m on the upper and on the lower exponential densities of A.

Review text

The authors study the influence of the size of the gaps of an integer sequence \(A=\{a_1<a_2<a_3<\dots \}\) on its exponential convergence introduced by \textit{G. Pólya} and \textit{G. Szegő} [Classics in Mathematics. Berlin: Springer (1998; Zbl 1053.00002)]. It can be proved that the exponent of convergence of \(A\) is given by the formula \(\limsup_{n\to \infty} (\log n)/(\log a_N)\). Related exponential density is defined by \(\lim_{n\to \infty} (\log (| A\cap [1,n]|))/(\log n)\). In the paper numerous examples, results and also problems indicating the influence of gaps on various number theoretical densities (asymptotic, exponential etc.) are presented. For instance, if \(g_n=a_{n+1}-a_n\) and \(\liminf_{n\to \infty} g_n/a_n>0\) then the exponential density of \(A\) vanishes. The arguments are elementary.

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