On small bases which admit countably many expansions

DOI10.1016/J.JNT.2014.08.003zbMATH Open1386.11022arXiv1305.3850OpenAlexW2963026956MaRDI QIDQ472856FDOQ472856

Authors: Simon Baker 

Publication date: 20 November 2014

Published in: Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $qin(1,2)$ and $xin[0,frac1q-1]$. We say that a sequence $(epsilo{n}_i{)}_{i=1}^{infty}in{0,1}^{mathbbN}$ is an expansion of $x$ in base $q$ (or a $q$-expansion) if x=sum_{i=1}^{infty}epsilon_iq^{-i}. Let $mathcal{B}_{alep{h}_0}$ denote the set of $q$ for which there exists $x$ with exactly $alep{h}_0$ expansions in base $q$. In cite{EHJ} it was shown that $minmathcal{B}_{alep{h}_0}=frac1+sqrt52.$ In this paper we show that the smallest element of $mathcal{B}_{alep{h}_0}$ strictly greater than $frac1+sqrt52$ is $q_{alep{h}_0}approx1.64541$, the appropriate root of $x^6=x^4+x^3+2x^2+x+1$. This leads to a full dichotomy for the number of possible $q$-expansions for $qin(frac1+sqrt52,q_{alep{h}_0})$. We also prove some general results regarding $mathcal{B}_{alep{h}_0}cap[frac1+sqrt52,q_f],$ where $q_{f}approx1.75488$ is the appropriate root of $x^3=2x^2-x+1.$ Moreover, the techniques developed in this paper imply that if $xin[0,frac1q-1]$ has uncountably many $q$-expansions then the set of $q$-expansions for $x$ has cardinality equal to that of the continuum, this proves that the continuum hypothesis holds when restricted to this specific case.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.3850

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zbMATH Keywords

beta-expansionnon-integer base

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other number representations (11A67)

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