Normal equivalencies for eventually periodic basic sequences (Q2343546)

For integer bases \(b, c \geq 2\), we know from \textit{W. Schmidt} [Pac. J. Math. 10, 661--672 (1960; Zbl 0093.05401)] that normality in base \(b\) is equivalent to normality in base \(c\) if and only if \(\log b/\log c\) is rational. The authors extend one direction of this result to Cantor series expansions with eventually periodic base sequences \(Q\): If the period of \(Q\) is \((c_1,c_2,\ldots,c_m)\), then \(Q\)-normality, \(Q\)-distribution normality and normality in base \(\prod_{i=1}^m c_i\) are equivalent. (For Cantor series expansions, one has to distinguish between \(Q\)-normality, which means that all blocks of digits occur in the \(Q\)-Cantor series expansion with the right frequency, and \(Q\)-distribution normality, which means that multiplication by the first \(n\) elements of \(Q\) produces a sequence that is uniformly distributed mod \(1\).) Moreover, they show that for every real number \(x\) and integer \(b \geq 2\) there exists a basic sequence \(Q\) consisting of powers of \(b\) such that \(x\) is neither \(Q\)-normal nor \(Q\)-distribution normal.