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Cobham’s theorem and its extensions

Jason P. Bell — 2009

Actes des rencontres du CIRM

Cobham’s theorem says that if k and are two multiplicatively independent integers and f ( n ) is a k - and -automatic sequence, then f ( n ) is eventually periodic. We give a summary of recent work on automatic sequences and their relation to Cobham’s theorem.

3x+1 inverse orbit generating functions almost always have natural boundaries

Jason P. BellJeffrey C. Lagarias — 2015

Acta Arithmetica

The 3x+k function T k ( n ) sends n to (3n+k)/2, resp. n/2, according as n is odd, resp. even, where k ≡ ±1 (mod 6). The map T k ( · ) sends integers to integers; for m ≥1 let n → m mean that m is in the forward orbit of n under iteration of T k ( · ) . We consider the generating functions f k , m ( z ) = n > 0 , n m z n , which are holomorphic in the unit disk. We give sufficient conditions on (k,m) for the functions f k , m ( z ) to have the unit circle |z|=1 as a natural boundary to analytic continuation. For the 3x+1 function these conditions hold for all m...

Diagonalization and rationalization of algebraic Laurent series

Boris AdamczewskiJason P. Bell — 2013

Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure

We prove a quantitative version of a result of Furstenberg [20] and Deligne [14] stating that the diagonal of a multivariate algebraic power series with coefficients in a field of positive characteristic is algebraic. As a consequence, we obtain that for every prime p the reduction modulo p of the diagonal of a multivariate algebraic power series f with integer coefficients is an algebraic power series of degree at most p A and height at most A p A , where A is an effective constant that only depends on...

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