On the b-ary expansions of (1+1a) and e

DOI10.2422/2036-2145.201603_002zbMATH Open1434.11023arXiv1510.00282OpenAlexW2768531726MaRDI QIDQ4604575FDOQ4604575

Authors: Dong Han Kim, Yann Bugeaud 

Publication date: 2 March 2018

Published in: ANNALI SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE - CLASSE DI SCIENZE (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $bge2$ be an integer and $xi$ an irrational real number. We prove that, if the irrationality exponent of $xi$ is equal to $2$ or slightly greater than $2$, then the $b$-ary expansion of $xi$ cannot be `too simple', in a suitable sense. Our result applies, among other classical numbers, to badly approximable numbers, non-zero rational powers of $mathrme$, and $log(1+frac1a)$, provided that the integer $a$ is sufficiently large. It establishes an unexpected connection between the irrationality exponent of a real number and its $b$-ary expansion.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.00282

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zbMATH Keywords

b-ary expansion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Radix representation; digital problems (11A63) Measures of irrationality and of transcendence (11J82) Combinatorics on words (68R15)

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