On the expansion \(1=\sum q^{-n_i}\) (Q1182529)

The authors consider the \(q\)-adic expansions \(1=\sum^\infty_{n=1}\varepsilon_n/q^n\), \(\varepsilon_n=0\) or 1, where \(1<q<2\). They consider the digits in the greedy and lazy expansions above and show in the case of the greedy expansion: (a) For fixed \(q\) there are no arbitrarily long sequences of consecutive 1 digits in the sequence \(\varepsilon_1(1)\), \(\varepsilon_2(1),\ldots\). (b) The set of \(1<q<2\) for which the greedy expansion contains arbitrarily long 0- sequences is residual in (1,2) and has measure 1. By contrast for the lazy expansion they show that the set of \(1<q<2\) for which the lazy expansion contains arbitrarily long 1-sequences is residual and of full measure in (1,2). The text of the Corrigendun should be added to theorem 2.