Weak Duffin–Schaeffer conjecture

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Let Ψ:N→R⩾0\Psi:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{R}_{\geqslant 0} and define W(Ψ)W(\Psi) as the set of numbers in [0,1][0,1] approximable by a/na/n within Ψ(n)\Psi(n) for infinitely many n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N} and a∈[n]a\in[n]. Write φ(n)\varphi(n) for Euler's totient function. Weak Duffin–Schaeffer conjecture. For any Ψ:N→R⩾0\Psi:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{R}_{\geqslant 0} such that

∑n=1∞φ(n)Ψ(n)=∞,\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\varphi(n)\Psi(n)=\infty,

we have

λ(W(Ψ))=1.\lambda\bigl(W(\Psi)\bigr)=1.

This is a weaker form of the Duffin–Schaeffer conjecture, stated as an open problem in the paper's discussion.

References

Primary source

Felipe A. Ramírez, “Khintchine's Theorem with random fractions”, arXiv:1708.02874 (2018).

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