On strong uniform distribution. IV.
We show that for any irrational number α and a sequence of integers such that , there exists a continuous measure μ on the circle such that . This implies that any rigidity sequence of any ergodic transformation is a rigidity sequence for some weakly mixing dynamical system. On the other hand, we show that for any α ∈ ℝ - ℚ, there exists a sequence of integers such that and such that is dense on the circle if and only if θ ∉ ℚα + ℚ.
If denotes the sequence of best approximation denominators to a real , and denotes the sum of digits of in the digit representation of to base , then for all irrational, the sequence is uniformly distributed modulo one. Discrepancy estimates for the discrepancy of this sequence are given, which turn out to be best possible if has bounded continued fraction coefficients.
In this paper, we give a new upper-bound for the discrepancyfor the sequence , when and .
This paper and its sequels deal with a new concept of distributions modulo one which is connected with the Dirichlet divisor and similar problems. Each of the theorems has some independent interest, and in addition some of the techniques developed lead to improvements in certain applications of the hyperbola method.