The shrinking-target conjecture for the doubling map

Let T2:R/ZR/ZT_2:\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}\to\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z} be the doubling map, let μ\mu denote Lebesgue measure on R/Z\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}, let ψ:N[0,)\psi:\mathbb{N}\to[0,\infty), and let x(R/Z)N\mathbf{x}\in(\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z})^{\mathbb{N}}. Write W2(ψ,x)W_2(\psi,\mathbf{x}) for the set of points xx such that d(T2n(x),xn)ψ(n)d(T_2^n(x),x_n)\leq\psi(n) for infinitely many nNn\in\mathbb{N}. The shrinking-target conjecture.

μ(W2(ψ,x))={0if n=1ψ(n)<,1if n=1ψ(n)=.\mu(W_2(\psi,\mathbf{x}))=\begin{cases}0&\text{if }\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\psi(n)<\infty,\\1&\text{if }\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\psi(n)=\infty. \end{cases}

This conjecture seeks the analogue for the shrinking-target problem of the corresponding Borel–Cantelli law for the doubling map. The supplied text presents it as a natural conjecture motivated by the theorem of Host, but gives no resolution status.

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Simon Baker, “Approximating elements of the middle third Cantor set with dyadic rationals”, arXiv:2203.12477 (2022).

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