Unique expansions of real numbers
Unique expansions of real numbers
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DOI:
10.1016/j.aim.2008.12.008
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发表时间:
2006-09
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
M. D. Vries;V. Komornik
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作者:
M. D. Vries;V. Komornik
It was discovered some years ago that there exist non-integer real numbers q>1 for which only one sequence (ci) of integers ci∈[0,q) satisfies the equality ∑i=1∞ciq−i=1. The set of such “univoque numbers” has a rich topological structure, and its study revealed a number of unexpected connections with measure theory, fractals, ergodic theory and Diophantine approximation. In this paper we consider for each fixed q>1 the set Uqof real numbers x having a unique representation of the form ∑i=1∞ciq−i=x with integers cibelonging to [0,q). We carry out a detailed topological study of these sets. For instance, we characterize their closures, and we determine those bases q for which Uqis closed or even a Cantor set. We also study the set Uq′consisting of all sequences (ci) of integers ci∈[0,q) such that ∑i=1∞ciq−i∈Uq. We determine the numbers r>1 for which the map q↦Uq′(defined on (1,∞)) is constant in a neighborhood of r and the numbers q>1 for which Uq′is a subshift or a subshift of finite type.