On the nonmonotonicity of \((|Im(z^n)|)\) (Q1306703)

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    On the nonmonotonicity of \((|Im(z^n)|)\)
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1347936

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      On the nonmonotonicity of \((|Im(z^n)|)\) (English)
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      11 May 2000
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      The main result of this paper is that the sequence \(\{|r^n\sin \pi(na-b)|\}_{n=1}^\infty\) increases and decreases infinitely often (each event occurs with positive probability) unless special conditions are met. The proof is based on Weyl's uniform distribution theorem.
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      sequence
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      probability
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      oscillation
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      Weyl's uniform distribution theorem
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