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Completeness of exponentially increasing sequences

Number Theory 2026-03-02 v1

Abstract

For fixed positive reals tt and α\alpha, consider the sequence St(α)=(s1,s2,,)S_t(\alpha) = (s_1, s_2, \ldots, ) with sn=tαns_n = \left \lfloor t\alpha^n \right \rfloor. In 1964, Graham managed to characterize those pairs (t,α)(t, \alpha) with 0<t<10 < t < 1 and 1<α<21 < \alpha < 2 for which every large enough integer can be written as the sum of distinct elements of St(α)S_t(\alpha). We show that his methods can be applied to deal with many other pairs of (t,α)(t, \alpha) as well.

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@article{arxiv.2602.23394,
  title  = {Completeness of exponentially increasing sequences},
  author = {Wouter van Doorn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.23394},
  year   = {2026}
}

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11 pages

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