Questions tagged [equidistribution]

A bounded sequence of real numbers is said to be equidistributed, or uniformly distributed, if the proportion of terms falling in a subinterval is proportional to the length of that interval.

A bounded sequence $(s_n)$ of real numbers is equidistributed on an interval $[a,b]$ if for any subinterval $[c,d]$ of $[a,b]$ we have $\lim_{n\to\infty}{ \frac{|\{s_1,\dots,s_n \} \cap [c,d] |}n}={\frac{d-c}{b-a}}.$

Other related notions studied in the theory of uniform distributions are equidistribution modulo 1, discrepancy, well-distributed sequences, various kinds of distribution functions of sequences.

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Equidistribution of $\sin(n)$

It is a classical result that $$ \limsup_n \sin(n) = 1 $$ Even more, the set $\{\sin(n):n\in\mathbb{N} \}$ is dense in $[-1,1]$. I was wondering if it is possible to say something about the distribution of the sequence in the interval $[-1,1]$. I…
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Does equidistribution of $(a_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ imply equidistribution of $(a_n+a_{n+k})_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$?

Let $(a_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ be a sequence of real numbers that is equidistributed modulo 1 and let $k\in\mathbb{N}$. Then it is clear that the sequence $(a_{n+k})_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ is also equidistributed modulo 1. However, if $b_n=a_n+a_{n+k}$,…
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Fourier analysis an Introduction Chap 4. Exercise 5

Prove that the sequence {$\gamma_{n}$}$_{n=1}^{\infty},$ where $\gamma_{n}$ is the fractional part of $$\bigl( \frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2}\bigr)^{n},$$ is not equidistributed in $[0,1].$ [Hint: Show that $U_{n}=\bigl(…
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When is a sequence $\{n!\gamma\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ equidistributed in [0,1)?

The title says the problem. What are the values of $\gamma$ that satisfy equidistribution? As far as I know, $\forall x\in (\mathbb{Q}\cup {ne|n\in \mathbb{Z}})$, the sequence is not equidistributed.
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How do we show such set is equidistributed when it is involved from the image of local set?

Let $a \in \mathbb{R}\backslash\mathbb{Q}$ be an generic irrational number. Then, it's well-known that $\{ n a \text{ mod } 1\mid n\in \mathbb{N}\}$ is equidistributed on [0, 1). My question is, choose any $\theta \in [0, 1)$ and consider the subset…
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If $\{a_n\},\{b_n\}$ are equidistributed, is $\{a_n\}\cup\{b_n\}$ equidistributed?

If $\{a_n\},\{b_n\}$ are equidistributed, is $\{a_n\}\cup\{b_n\}$ equidistributed ?