Dynamically defined covering-systems conjecture

Let y1,,y,zy_1,\dots,y_\ell,z be real numbers, with zz outside the rational span of 1,y1,,y1,y_1,\dots,y_\ell, and let ε,δ>0\varepsilon,\delta>0. For any n0>0n_0>0, there exist positive integers n0<n1<<nMn_0<n_1<\dots<n_M and real numbers w1,,ww_1,\dots,w_\ell. Set

K=m=1M(nm+1),km=Knm+1.K=\prod_{m=1}^M(n_m+1),\qquad k_m=\frac{K}{n_m+1}.

Dynamically defined covering-systems conjecture. These choices can satisfy both maxinmyiwiε/2\max_i\|n_my_i-w_i\|\leq\varepsilon/2 for every m=1,,Mm=1,\dots,M, and

(m=1MZ+zkm+(ε2K,ε2K))[0,1)1δ.\left|\left(\bigcup_{m=1}^M\frac{\mathbb{Z}+z}{k_m}+\left(-\frac{\varepsilon}{2K},\frac{\varepsilon}{2K}\right)\right)\cap[0,1)\right|\geq1-\delta.

Here |\cdot| denotes Lebesgue measure and \|\cdot\| distance to the nearest integer. The claim strengthens the preceding typicality heuristic by imposing dynamically defined positive-density choices and an arbitrarily small expected uncovered measure; the supplied text gives no resolution evidence.

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Primary source

Felipe A. Ramirez, “Counterexamples, covering systems, and zero-one laws for inhomogeneous approximation”, arXiv:1508.04406 (2016).

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