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Fix an alphabet $A=\{0,1,\dots,M\}$ with $M\in\mathbb{N}$. The univoque set $\mathscr{U}$ of bases $q\in(1,M+1)$ in which the number $1$ has a unique expansion over the alphabet $A$ has been well studied. It has Lebesgue measure zero but…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Pieter Allaart , Derong Kong

Given a positive real number $x$, we consider the smallest base $q_s(x)\in(1,2)$ for which there exists a unique sequence $(d_i)$ of zeros and ones such that \[ x=\sum_{i=1}^\infty\frac{d_i}{(q_s(x))^i}. \] In this paper we give complete…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-04-04 Derong Kong

For a positive integer $M$ and a real base $q\in(1,M+1]$, let $\mathcal{U}_q$ denote the set of numbers having a unique expansion in base $q$ over the alphabet $\{0,1,\dots,M\}$, and let $\mathbf{U}_q$ denote the corresponding set of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-09-24 Pieter C. Allaart

Given a finite set of real numbers $A$, the generalised golden ratio is the unique real number $\mathcal{G}(A) > 1$ for which we only have trivial unique expansions in smaller bases, and have non-trivial unique expansions in larger bases.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-09-12 Simon Baker , Wolfgang Steiner

Let $q > 1$ be a real number and let $m=m(q)$ be the largest integer smaller than $q$. It is well known that each number $x \in J_q:=[0, \sum_{i=1}^{\infty} m q^{-i}]$ can be written as $x=\sum_{i=1}^{\infty}{c_i}q^{-i}$ with integer…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2009-06-13 Martijn de Vries

The theory of normality for base $g$ expansions of real numbers in $[0,1)$ is rich and well developed. Similar theories have been developed for many other numeration systems, such as the regular continued fraction expansion,…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Sohail Farhangi , Bill Mance

Given a positive integer $M$, for $q\in(1, M+1]$ let ${\mathcal{U}}_q$ be the set of $x\in[0, M/(q-1)]$ having a unique $q$-expansion with the digit set $\{0, 1,\ldots, M\}$, and let $\mathbf{U}_q$ be the set of corresponding…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-07-12 Charlene Kalle , Derong Kong , Wenxia Li , Fan Lü

Let $q\in(1,2)$ and $x\in[0,\frac1{q-1}]$. We say that a sequence $(\varepsilon_i)_{i=1}^{\infty}\in\{0,1\}^{\mathbb{N}}$ is an expansion of $x$ in base $q$ (or a $q$-expansion) if \[ x=\sum_{i=1}^{\infty}\varepsilon_iq^{-i}. \] For any…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-10-27 Simon Baker , Nikita Sidorov

Let $q\in(1,2)$. A $q$-expansion of a number $x$ in $[0,\frac{1}{q-1}]$ is a sequence $(\delta_i)_{i=1}^\infty\in\{0,1\}^{\mathbb{N}}$ satisfying $$ x=\sum_{i=1}^\infty\frac{\delta_i}{q^i}.$$ Let $\mathcal{B}_{\aleph_0}$ denote the set of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-01-27 Yuru Zou , Lijin Wang , Jian Lu , Simon Baker

For a real number $q\in(1,2)$ and $x\in[0,1/(q-1)]$, the infinite sequence $(d_i)$ is called a \emph{$q$-expansion} of $x$ if $$ x=\sum_{i=1}^\infty\frac{d_i}{q^i},\quad d_i\in\{0,1\}\quad\textrm{for all}~ i\ge 1. $$ For $m=1, 2, \cdots$ or…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-04-04 Yuru Zou , Derong Kong

For a positive integer $m$ let $\Omega _m=\{0,1, \cdots , m\}$ and \begin{align*} \mathcal B_2(m)=&\left \{q\in(1,m+1]: \text{$\exists\; x\in [0, m/(q-1)]$ has exactly }\right. \\ &\left. \text{two different $q$-expansions w.r.t. $\Omega…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-01-14 Yi Cai , Wenxia Li

Let $q\in(1,2)$ and $x\in[0,\frac1{q-1}]$. We say that a sequence $(\epsilon_i)_{i=1}^{\infty}\in\{0,1\}^{\mathbb{N}}$ is an expansion of $x$ in base $q$ (or a $q$-expansion) if x=\sum_{i=1}^{\infty}\epsilon_iq^{-i}. Let…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-05-17 Simon Baker

Usually when solving differential or difference equations via series solutions one encounters divergent series in which the coefficients grow like a factorial. Surprisingly, in the $q$-world the $n$th coefficient is often of the size…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2024-03-05 Nalini Joshi , Adri Olde Daalhuis

In arXiv:1812.00170, S. Morier-Genoud and V. Ovsienko introduced the notion of the $q$-rational number $[x]_q$, $x\in \Bbb Q$, a rational function specializing to $x$ at $q=1$, obtained by $q$-deforming the continued fraction expansion of…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2025-08-13 Pavel Etingof

Given an integer $N\ge 2$ and a real number ${\beta}>1$, let $\Gamma_{{\beta},N}$ be the set of all $x=\sum_{i=1}^\infty {d_i}/{{\beta}^i}$ with $d_i\in\{0,1,\cdots,N-1\}$ for all $i\ge 1$. The infinite sequence $(d_i)$ is called a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-08-04 Derong Kong , Wenxia Li

Let $M$ be a positive integer and $q \in(1,M+1].$ We consider expansions of real numbers in base $q$ over the alphabet $\{0,\ldots, M\}$. In particular, we study the set $\mathcal{U}_{q}$ of real numbers with a unique $q$-expansion, and the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-08-22 Rafael Alcaraz Barrera , Simon Baker , Derong Kong

For a given positive integer $m$, let $A=\set{0,1,...,m}$ and $q \in (m,m+1)$. A sequence $(c_i)=c_1c_2 ...$ consisting of elements in $A$ is called an expansion of $x$ if $\sum_{i=1}^{\infty} c_i q^{-i}=x$. It is known that almost every…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-05-17 Karma Dajani , Martijn de Vries , Vilmos Komornik , Paola Loreti

We call a pair of distinct prime powers $(q_1,q_2) = (p_1^{a_1},p_2^{a_2})$ a Hasse pair if $|\sqrt{q_1}-\sqrt{q_2}| \leq 1$. For such pairs, we study the relation between the set $\mathcal{E}_1$ of isomorphism classes of elliptic curves…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-01 Eleni Agathocleous , Antoine Joux , Daniele Taufer

We give a method to embed the q-series in a (p,q)-series and derive the corresponding (p,q)-extensions of the known q-identities. The (p,q)-hypergeometric series, or twin-basic hypergeometric series (diferent from the usual bibasic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 R. Jagannathan , K. Srinivasa Rao

Given a positive integer $M$ and a real number $q>1$, we consider the univoque set $\mathcal{U}_q$ of reals which have a unique $q$-expansion over the alphabet $\set{0,1,\cdots,M}$. In this paper we show that for any $x\in\mathcal{U}_q$ and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-11-06 Derong Kong , Fan Lü