The Duffin-Schaeffer Conjecture with extra divergence

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Duffin-Schaeffer Conjecture with extra divergence

AU - Haynes, A

AU - Pollington, Andrew

AU - Velani, Sanju

PY - 2012/6

Y1 - 2012/6

N2 - Given a nonnegative function $\psi : \N \to \R $, let $W(\psi)$ denote the set of real numbers $x$ such that $|nx -a| < \psi(n) $ for infinitely many reduced rationals $a/n (n>0) $. A consequence of our main result is that $W(\psi)$ is of full Lebesgue measure if there exists an $\epsilon > 0 $ such that $$ \textstyle \sum_{n\in\N}(\frac{\psi(n)}{n})^{1+\epsilon}\varphi (n)=\infty . $$ The Duffin-Schaeffer Conjecture is the corresponding statement with $\epsilon = 0$ and represents a fundamental unsolved problem in metric number theory. Another consequence is that $W(\psi)$ is of full Hausdorff dimension if the above sum with $\epsilon = 0$ diverges; i.e. the dimension analogue of the Duffin-Schaeffer Conjecture is true.

AB - Given a nonnegative function $\psi : \N \to \R $, let $W(\psi)$ denote the set of real numbers $x$ such that $|nx -a| < \psi(n) $ for infinitely many reduced rationals $a/n (n>0) $. A consequence of our main result is that $W(\psi)$ is of full Lebesgue measure if there exists an $\epsilon > 0 $ such that $$ \textstyle \sum_{n\in\N}(\frac{\psi(n)}{n})^{1+\epsilon}\varphi (n)=\infty . $$ The Duffin-Schaeffer Conjecture is the corresponding statement with $\epsilon = 0$ and represents a fundamental unsolved problem in metric number theory. Another consequence is that $W(\psi)$ is of full Hausdorff dimension if the above sum with $\epsilon = 0$ diverges; i.e. the dimension analogue of the Duffin-Schaeffer Conjecture is true.

KW - Number Theory

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84860606550&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/s00208-011-0683-y

DO - 10.1007/s00208-011-0683-y

M3 - Article

SN - 1432-1807

VL - 353

SP - 259

EP - 273

JO - Mathematischen Annalen

JF - Mathematischen Annalen

IS - 2

ER -