English

A complete Bernstein function related to the fractal dimension of Pascal's pyramid modulo a prime

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2025-01-28 v3 Number Theory

Abstract

Let fr(x)=log(1+rx)/log(1+x)f_r(x)=\log(1+rx)/\log(1+x) for x>0x>0. We prove that frf_r is a complete Bernstein function for 0r10\le r\le 1 and a Stieltjes function for 1r1\le r. This answers a conjecture of David Bradley that frf_r is a Bernstein function when 0r10\le r\le 1.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2402.08378,
  title  = {A complete Bernstein function related to the fractal dimension of Pascal's pyramid modulo a prime},
  author = {Christian Berg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.08378},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

12 pages, 2 figures. Section 5 added. To appear in Expositiones Mathematicae