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The sets of Dirichlet non-improvable numbers vs well-approximable numbers

Number Theory 2019-05-20 v2 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Let Ψ:[1,)R+\Psi :[1,\infty )\rightarrow \mathbb{R}_{+} be a non-decreasing function, an(x)a_{n}(x) the nn'{th} partial quotient of xx and qn(x)q_{n}(x) the denominator of the nn'{th} convergent. The set of Ψ\Psi -Dirichlet non-improvable numbers \begin{equation*} G(\Psi ):=\Big\{x\in \lbrack 0,1):a_{n}(x)a_{n+1}(x)\,>\,\Psi \big(q_{n}(x) \big)\ \mathrm{for\ infinitely\ many}\ n\in \mathbb{N}\Big\}, \end{equation*} is related with the classical set of 1/q2Ψ(q)1/q^{2}\Psi (q)-approximable numbers K(Ψ) \mathcal{K}(\Psi ) in the sense that K(3Ψ)G(Ψ)\mathcal{K}(3\Psi )\subset G(\Psi ). Both of these sets enjoy the same ss-dimensional Hausdorff measure criterion for s(0,1)s\in (0,1). We prove that the set G(Ψ)K(3Ψ)G(\Psi )\setminus \mathcal{K}(3\Psi ) is uncountable by proving that its Hausdorff dimension is the same as that for the sets K(Ψ)\mathcal{K}(\Psi ) and G(Ψ)G(\Psi). This gives an affirmative answer to a question raised by Hussain-Kleinbock-Wadleigh-Wang (2018).

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@article{arxiv.1806.00618,
  title  = {The sets of Dirichlet non-improvable numbers vs well-approximable numbers},
  author = {Ayreena Bakhtawar and Philip Bos and Mumtaz Hussain},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.00618},
  year   = {2019}
}

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17 pages, comments welcome, to appear in Ergodic Theory and Dynamical System