The law of the iterated logarithm for the discrepancy of perturbed geometric progressions (Q2043683)

In a series of papers, starting with [Acta Math. Hung. 118, No. 1--2, 155--170 (2008; Zbl 1241.11090)], the author obtained very precise versions of the law of the iterated logarithm for the discrepancy of lacunary sequences, in particular for geometric progressions \((\theta^n x)_{n \geq 1}\) with \(\theta>1\) fixed. In the present paper the author continues this line of research by considering perturbed geometric progressions \((\theta^n x + \gamma_n)_{n \geq 1}\). He obtains a law of the iterated logarithm for such sequences, where the value of the constant on the right-hand side depends on number-theoretic properties of \(\theta\) and on the perturbation sequence \((\gamma_n)_{n \geq 1}\). Very roughly speaking, by choosing \((\gamma_n)_{n \geq 1}\) in a suitable way one can interpolate between the LIL behavior for the pure geometric progression \((\theta^n x)_{n \geq 1}\) and the LIL behavior in the ``truly independent'' case. Cf.\ also \textit{K. Fukuyama} et al. [Acta Math. Hung. 161, No. 1, 48--65 (2020; Zbl 1474.11136)] by the same author together with S.\ Mori and Y.\ Tanabe, where the special case \(\gamma_n = n \gamma\) for \(\gamma \not\in \mathbb{Q}\) was considered.