About the fractional parts of the powers of the rational numbers

Publication date 20 November 2006

Abstract: Let

p / q

(

p, q i n m a t h b b N^{*}

) be a positive rational number such that

p > q^{2}

. We show that for any

e p s i l o n > 0

, there exists a set

A (e p s i l o n) s u b s e t [0, 1 [

, with finite border and with Lebesgue measure

< e p s i l o n

, for which the set of positive real numbers

l a m b d a

satisfying

< l a m b d a (p / q)^{n} > i n A (e p s i l o n)

(f o r a l l n i n m a t h b b N)

is uncountable.

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