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Extension of a theorem of Duffin and Schaeffer

Number Theory 2017-09-05 v3

Abstract

Let r1,,rs:Zn0Cr_1,\ldots,r_s:\mathbb{Z}_{n\geqslant 0}\to\mathbb{C} be linearly recurrent sequences whose associated eigenvalues have arguments in πQ\pi\mathbb{Q} and let F(z):=n0f(n)znF(z):=\sum_{n\geqslant 0}f(n)z^n, where f(n){r1(n),,f(n)\in\{r_1(n),\ldots, rs(n)}r_s(n)\} for each n0n\geqslant 0. We prove that if F(z)F(z) is bounded in a sector of its disk of convergence, it is a rational function. This extends a very recent result of Tang and Wang, who gave the analogous result when the sequence f(n)f(n) takes on values of finitely many polynomials.

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@article{arxiv.1706.02470,
  title  = {Extension of a theorem of Duffin and Schaeffer},
  author = {Michael Coons},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.02470},
  year   = {2017}
}

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