Complete quasi-equidistribution conjecture for van der Corput sequences in irrational bases

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Let pp and qq be integers with 1≤q≤p1\leq q\leq p, and let γ\gamma be the largest root of

x2−px−q.x^2-px-q.

The van der Corput sequence in base γ\gamma is completely quasi-equidistributed in base (p+1)(p+1) if, for every finite-dimensional truncation of the sequence and every multi-index k∈N0d\mathbf{k}\in\mathbb{N}_0^d, its pair-correlation quantity satisfies C(p+1)(k;PN)≤1C_{(p+1)}(\mathbf{k};P_N)\leq 1.

Complete quasi-equidistribution conjecture. Let γ\gamma be the largest root of the polynomial x2−px−qx^2-px-q for 1≤q≤p1\leq q\leq p. The van der Corput sequence in base γ\gamma is c.q.e. in base (p+1)(p+1).

This conjecture proposes a scrambling base for coordinates associated with an irrational base and is motivated by numerical investigation. The source gives no proof or resolution.

References

Primary source

Nathan Kirk and Christiane Lemieux, “An improved Halton sequence for implementation in quasi-Monte Carlo methods”, arXiv:2405.15799 (2024).

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