Dynamical representation of real numbers and its universality
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Dynamical representation of real numbers and its universality
zbMATH Open document ID: 0685.10034
DOI: 10.1016/0022-314X(89)90068-1
author: William M. Y. Goh
published in: Journal of Number Theory
publication date: 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \(a>1\) be a real number. Let f(x) be such that, starting with a point \(0\leq x_ 1\leq 1\), the sequence \(x_{n+1}=f(x_ n)\) stays in [0,a]. In addition, it is assumed that f has an invariant measure. Assuming strict monotonicity of f on [0,1], and separately on [1,a], the iterated sequence \(x_ n\) will have alternating blocks in [0,1] and in (1,a]. The lengths of these blocks are called digits. It is shown that these digits are independent and identically distributed on [0,1] with respect to the invariant measure. Hence, their metric theory is very similar to that for decimal expansions. It is in contrast with the more challenging problems concerning the metric theory of other series representations such as that of Engel, Sylvester, Cantor's products, and others. For a general theory, covering these latter expansions, see the reviewer [Representations of real numbers by infinite series (Lect. Notes Math. 502) (1976; Zbl 0322.10002)].
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11K16
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11A63
zbMATH DE Number: 4122077
zbMATH Keywords: algorithm
zbMATH Keywords: independent and identically distributed digits
zbMATH Keywords: invariant measure
reviewed by: Janos Galambos
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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