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We investigate Sarnak's conjecture on the M\"obius function in the special case when the test function is the indicator of the set of integers for which a real additive function assumes a given value.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-09-06 Régis de la Bretèche , Gérald Tenenbaum

The notion of a k-automatic set of integers is well-studied. We develop a new notion - the k-automatic set of rational numbers - and prove basic properties of these sets, including closure properties and decidability.

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2015-09-02 Eric Rowland , Jeffrey Shallit

This paper describes a construction of supermartingales realized as automatic functions. A capital of supermartingales is represented using automatic capital groups~(ACG). Properties of these automatic supermartingales are then studied.…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-20 Birzhan Moldagaliyev

Certain famous combinatorial sequences, such as the Catalan numbers and the Motzkin numbers, when taken modulo a prime power, can be computed by finite automata. Many theorems about such sequences can therefore be proved using Walnut, which…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-10-14 Narad Rampersad , Jeffrey Shallit

The $n$th term of an automatic sequence is the output of a deterministic finite automaton fed with the representation of $n$ in a suitable numeration system. In this paper, instead of considering automatic sequences built on a numeration…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Michel Rigo , Manon Stipulanti

Nested (or meta-Fibonacci) recurrences, such as the recurrence used to define Hofstadter's Q-sequence, along with the digit-based recurrences that underlie automatic sequences are of interest from both number-theoretic and combinatorial…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-29 John M. Campbell , Benoit Cloitre

In this paper, we analyze properties of prime number sequences produced by the alternating sum of higher-order subsequences of the primes. We also introduce a new sieve which will generate these prime number sequences via the systematic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-04-21 Michael P. May

We prove decidability results on the existence of constant subsequences of uniformly recurrent morphic sequences along arithmetic progressions. We use spectral properties of the subshifts they generate to give a first algorithm deciding…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-11-19 Fabien Durand , Valérie Goyheneche

We discuss the use of negative bases in automatic sequences. Recently the theorem-prover Walnut has been extended to allow the use of base (-k) to express variables, thus permitting quantification over Z instead of N. This enables us to…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-15 Jeffrey Shallit , Sonja Linghui Shan , Kai Hsiang Yang

We study correlation estimates of automatic sequences (that is, sequences computable by finite automata) with polynomial phases. As a consequence, we provide a new class of good weights for classical and polynomial ergodic theorems, not…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-03-21 Tanja Eisner , Jakub Konieczny

We construct the counter-example for polynomial version of Sarnak's conjecture for minimal systems, which assets that the M\"obius function is linearly disjoint from subsequences along polynomials of deterministic sequences realized in…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-05-21 Zhengxing Lian , Ruxi Shi

We show algorithmic randomness versions of the two classical theorems on subsequences of normal numbers. One is Kamae-Weiss theorem (Kamae 1973) on normal numbers, which characterize the selection function that preserves normal numbers.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-01-01 Hayato Takahashi

In this paper we define a notion of automatic randomness tests (ART) which capture measure theoretic typicalness of infinite binary sequences within the framework of automata theory. An individual ART is found to be equivalent to a…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-20 Birzhan Moldagaliyev

The problem is sequence prediction in the following setting. A sequence $x_1,...,x_n,...$ of discrete-valued observations is generated according to some unknown probabilistic law (measure) $\mu$. After observing each outcome, it is required…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2012-03-13 Daniil Ryabko

We show that if $y=(y_n)_{n\ge 1}$ is a bounded sequence with zero average along every infinite arithmetic progression then for every $N\ge 2$ there exist (unilateral or bilateral) subshifts $\Sigma$ over $N$ symbols, with entropy…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-11-08 Tomasz Downarowicz , Jacek Serafin

We study the pseudorandomness of automatic sequences in terms of well-distribution and correlation measure of order 2. We detect non-random behavior which can be derived either from the functional equations satisfied by their generating…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-10-10 László Mérai , Arne Winterhof

We conjecture that bounded generalised polynomial functions cannot be generated by finite automata, except for the trivial case when they are periodic away from a finite set. Using methods from ergodic theory, we are able to partially…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-10-14 Jakub Byszewski , Jakub Konieczny

In a prequential approach to algorithmic randomness, probabilities for the next outcome can be forecast `on the fly' without the need for fully specifying a probability measure on all possible sequences of outcomes, as is the case in the…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-04-26 Floris Persiau , Gert de Cooman

We show that Sarnak's conjecture on M\"obius disjointness holds in every uniquely ergodic modelof a quasi-discrete spectrum automorphism. A consequence of this result is that, for each non constant polynomial $P\in\R[x]$ with irrational…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-07-16 El Houcein El Abdalaoui , Mariusz Lemanczyk , Thierry De La Rue

In this paper we use the framework of automatic sequences to study combinatorial sequences modulo prime powers. Given a sequence whose generating function is the diagonal of a rational power series, we provide a method, based on work of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-04-12 Eric Rowland , Reem Yassawi