Limit points and discrepancy of the fractional parts of \(b^n/n\) (Q6620003)

The main general problem studied in this paper is the progress on the knowledge of the distribution of the sequence \(\{\frac{b^n}{n}\}_{n\geq 1}\) modulo 1, when \(b\geq 2\) is a positive integer. It is known that this sequence is dense in \([0,1]\), and in fact is uniformly distributed on the interval.\N\NIn this paper, the author study \(\{\frac{b^n}{n}\}_{n\in A}\) modulo 1, for a subset of integers. For a given prime \(q\), we define \(P_q=\{pq\}\), where \(p\) is prime. Finally, let us write \(S_b(P_q)\) for\N\NThe main result of the paper is to characterize the limit points of such sequences. The authors prove the following dichotomy:\N\begin{itemize}\N\item[(i)] If \(b^2 \not\equiv 1 \pmod{q}\), then the set of limit points \((S_b(P_q))\) is \N\[\N\left\{ \frac{k}{q} : k = 0, 1, \dots, q-1 \right\}.\N\]\N\item[(ii)] If \(b^2 \equiv 1 \pmod{q}\), then the set of limit points is \( \{0\}.\)\N\end{itemize}\NThe techniques are diverse and based on analytic number theory joint with techniques coming from discrepancy theory.