On the Normality of Arithmetical Constants

dc.creatorLagarias, Jeffrey C.
dc.date2001-01-08
dc.date2002-08-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:39:33Z
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dc.descriptionD. Bailey and R. E. Crandall recently formulated a "Hypothesis A", which provides a general principle to explain the (conjectured) normality of constants like pi or log 2 and other related numbers, to base 2 or other integer bases. This paper explains the basic mechanism behind their principle as a connection between single orbits of two different discrete dynamical systems. It relates a subclass of arithmetical constants they consider to special values of G-functions, and characterizes this subclass. Finally it notes some parallels of "Hypothesis A" with Furstenberg's conjecture on invariant measures.
dc.descriptionRevised final version, February 2001, 21 pages, latex; small corrections
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0101055
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0101055
dc.identifierExperimental Mathematics 10, no. 3 (2001), 355--368
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/60708
dc.subjectNumber Theory
dc.subjectDynamical Systems
dc.subject11K16 (Primary), 11A63, 28D05, 37E05 (Secondary)
dc.titleOn the Normality of Arithmetical Constants
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