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Good points for diophantine approximation

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    Abstract

    Given a sequence (xn)n=1 of real numbers in the interval [0,1) and a sequence (δn)n=1 of positive numbers tending to zero, we consider the size of the set of numbers in [0,1] which can be 'well approximated' by terms of the first sequence, namely, those y ∈ [0,1] for which the inequality |y - xn| < δn holds for infinitely many positive integers n. We show that the set of 'well approximable' points by a sequence (xn)n=1, which is dense in [0,1], is 'quite large' no matter how fast the sequence (δn)n=1 converges to zero. On the other hand, for any sequence of positive numbers (δn)n=1 tending to zero, there is a well distributed sequence (xn)n=1 in the interval [0,1] such that the set of 'well approximable' points y is 'quite small'.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)423-429
    Number of pages7
    JournalProceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences: Mathematical Sciences
    Volume119
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1 Sep 2009

    Keywords

    • Diophantine approximation
    • Hausdorff dimension
    • Uniform distribution

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Mathematics

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