Conjecture on long-period rational points in the Cantor set

Let CC be the Cantor set and let P(p/q)P(p/q) denote the period of the ternary expansion of the rational number p/qp/q. For

Sn:={p/qC:gcd(p,q)=1,  3n1q<3n},S_n:= \{p/q\in C:\gcd(p,q)=1,\;3^{n-1}\leq q<3^n\},

set

Sn(K):={p/qC:gcd(p,q)=1,  3n1q<3n,  P(p/q)Klog(q)}.S_n^{(K)}:= \{p/q\in C:\gcd(p,q)=1,\;3^{n-1}\leq q<3^n,\;P(p/q)\leq K\log(q)\}.

Long-period conjecture. For every K>2/log(3/2)K>2/\log(3/2), one has Sn(K)=SnS_n^{(K)}=S_n for all sufficiently large nn; in particular,

#(SnSn(K))=o(1).\#\bigl(S_n\setminus S_n^{(K)}\bigr)=o(1).

This is presented as a stronger conjecture supporting the preceding reduction. If true, it implies the weaker assertion that there exists some finite KK with the complement bounded by O(2n(1+ε1))O\bigl(2^{n(1+\varepsilon_1)}\bigr), and hence would imply the cited zero-measure consequence for very well intrinsically approximable points.

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Primary source

Lior Fishman and David Simmons, “Intrinsic approximation for fractals defined by rational iterated function systems - Mahler's research suggestion”, arXiv:1208.2089 (2014).

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