How many digits are needed?

DOI10.1007/S11009-024-10073-2MaRDI QIDQ6443624zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Ira Herbst, Jesper Møller, Anne Marie Svane

Publication date 13 July 2023

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S11009-024-10073-2

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems and their relations with probability theory and stochastic processes (37A50) (L^p)-limit theorems (60F25) Approximations to statistical distributions (nonasymptotic) (62E17)

Abstract: Let $X_1,X_2,\mathrm{...}$ be the digits in the base-$q$ expansion of a random variable $X$ defined on $[0,1)$ where $qge2$ is an integer. For $n=1,2,\mathrm{...}$, we study the probability distribution $P_n$ of the (scaled) remainder $su{m}_{k=n+1}^{i}nfty{X}_q{q}^{n-k}$: If $X$ has an absolutely continuous CDF then $P_n$ converges in the total variation metric to Lebesgue measure on the unit interval; under certain smoothness conditions we establish exponentially fast convergence of $P_n$ and its PDF $f_n$; and we give examples of these results. The results are extended to the case of a multivariate random variable defined on a unit cube.

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