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Hardy-Littlewood series and even continued fractions

Number Theory 2012-11-26 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs Dynamical Systems

Abstract

For any s(1/2,1]s\in (1/2,1], the seriesFs(x)=n=1eiπn2x/nsF_s(x)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} e^{i\pi n^2 x}/n^s converges almost everywhere on [1,1][-1,1] by a result of Hardy-Littlewood, but not everywhere. However, there does not yet exist an intrinsic description of the set of convergence for FsF_s. In this paper, we define in terms of even or regular continued fractions certain subsets of points of [1,1][-1,1] of full measure where the series converges. Our method is based on an approximate function equation for Fs(x)F_s(x). As a by-product, we obtain the convergence of certain series defined in term of the convergents of the even continued fraction of an irrational number.

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@article{arxiv.1211.5426,
  title  = {Hardy-Littlewood series and even continued fractions},
  author = {Tanguy Rivoal and Stéphane Seuret},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.5426},
  year   = {2012}
}