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A natural probability measure derived from Stern's diatomic sequence

Number Theory 2018-03-19 v2

Abstract

Stern's diatomic sequence with its intrinsic repetition and refinement structure between consecutive powers of 22 gives rise to a rather natural probability measure on the unit interval. We construct this measure and show that it is purely singular continuous, with a strictly increasing, H\"older continuous distribution function. Moreover, we relate this function with the solution of the dilation equation for Stern's diatomic sequence.

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@article{arxiv.1706.00187,
  title  = {A natural probability measure derived from Stern's diatomic sequence},
  author = {Michael Baake and Michael Coons},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.00187},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

13 pages, 3 figures; minor revision with some improvements and updates

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