Construction of some Chowla sequences (Q2220392)

The author deals with a general class of sequences, with values either 0 or complex numbers of modulus 1. The Chowla property and the Sarnak property for this class of sequences are defined. Under some given conditions, it is proved that the Chowla property implies the Sarnak property. Then, the author finds non-trivial Chowla sequences. It is proved that for almost all \(\beta > 1\) the sequence (\(e^{2\pi i \beta^{n}})_{n\in \mathbb{N}}\) is a Chowla sequence and consequently is orthogonal to all topological dynamical systems of zero entropy. Then, the author constructs a sequence of dependent random variables which is a Chowla sequence almost surely. Sequences of stationary random variables are studied. Also, the Chowla property for independent random sequences is investigated. For every \(m \in\mathbb{N}_{\geq 2} \cup \{0\}\), it is proved that the Sarnak property does not imply the Chowla property for sequences of index \(m\). In the last section, the author discusses several equivalent definitions of Sarnak sequence \((z(n))_{n\in \mathbb{N}}\) of complex numbers.