The Thue-Morse sequence in base 3/2
Combinatorics
2023-02-01 v1
Abstract
We discuss the base 3/2 representation of the natural numbers. We prove that the sum of digits function of the representation is a fixed point of a 2-block substitution on an infinite alphabet, and that this implies that sum of digits function modulo 2 of the representation is a fixed point of a 2-block substitution on . We prove that is mirror invariant, and present a list of conjectured properties of , which we think will be hard to prove. Finally, we make a comparison with a variant of the base 3/2 representation, and give a general result on --block substitutions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2301.13563,
title = {The Thue-Morse sequence in base 3/2},
author = {Michel Dekking},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.13563},
year = {2023}
}