Multiplicative Duffin–Schaeffer conjecture

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Let n≥1n\geq 1 and let ψ:N→R≥0\psi:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{R}^{\geq 0} be a non-negative function. Define

Dn×(ψ):={(x1,…,xn)∈[0,1]n:∏i=1n∥qxi∥′<ψ(q) for infinitely many q∈N}.{\cal D}^\times_n(\psi):=\{(x_1,\dots,x_n)\in[0,1]^n:\prod_{i=1}^n\|qx_i\|'<\psi(q)\text{ for infinitely many }q\in\mathbb{N}\}.

Here φ(q)\varphi(q) denotes Euler's phi function. Multiplicative Duffin–Schaeffer conjecture. If

∑q=1∞(φ(q)q)nψ(q)log⁡n−1q=∞,\sum_{q=1}^{\infty}\left(\frac{\varphi(q)}{q}\right)^n\psi(q)\log^{n-1}q=\infty,

then ∣Dn×(ψ)∣=1|{\cal D}^\times_n(\psi)|=1. This is the multiplicative analogue of the Duffin–Schaeffer conjecture. The supplied status evidence identifies a counterexample, so this formulation is refuted.

References

Primary source

Victor Beresnevich, Alan Haynes and Sanju Velani, “Multiplicative zero-one laws and metric number theory”, arXiv:1012.0675 (2013).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2009–2010). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:0909.3923.

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