Conjecture on non-Gaussian and almost-everywhere Gaussian fluctuations for substitutions

From papers

Let σ\sigma be a primitive substitution of constant length dd with eigenvalue 11 and eigenvector γ\gamma. Write Sdnt(γ)S_{\lfloor d^n t\rfloor}(\gamma) for the associated ergodic sum and let Vn=Var(Sdnt(γ))V_n=\operatorname{Var}(S_{\lfloor d^n t\rfloor}(\gamma)). Fluctuation conjecture. (1) There exists t[0,1]t\in[0,1] such that the limit distribution of

1VnSdnt(γ)\frac{1}{\sqrt{V_n}}S_{\lfloor d^n t\rfloor}(\gamma)

is not Gaussian. (2) For Lebesgue almost every t[0,1]t\in[0,1],

1VnSdnt(γ)\frac{1}{\sqrt{V_n}}S_{\lfloor d^n t\rfloor}(\gamma)

converges in distribution to the normal law N(0,1)N(0,1). The paper establishes Gaussian convergence for almost every tt only for infinitely many primitive substitutions satisfying additional conditions, while examples show that non-Gaussian limit distributions can occur; the stated claim is therefore not resolved in the supplied text.

Progress summary

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Xavier Bressaud, Alexander I. Bufetov and Pascal Hubert, “Deviation of ergodic averages for substitution dynamical systems with eigenvalues of modulus one”, arXiv:1106.2666 (2011).

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.