\(\alpha\)-expansions, linear recurrences, and the sum-of-digits function (Q2277504)

The authors give a generalization of the ordinary \(q\)-ary digit expansion of positive integers to arbitrary real base \(\alpha >1\) and investigate the properties of the sum-of-digits function \(s(n)\) with respect to this expansion. An asymptotic formula for the sum \(\sum_{n<N}S(n)\) is given and distribution properties of the sequence \(x\cdot s(n)\) for irrational \(x\) are considered.