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Diophantine equation that has an infinite number of positive integers solutions

Let us consider a sequence of continuous functions $g_{q}:ℝ^2\to ℝ^2$. Let $(A_{q})_{q\geq 1}$ be a sequence of compact sets in $ℝ^2$. Assuming that each function $g_{q}$ is topologically mixing in $...
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$||g_n||_{\infty} < \delta_{n-1}(g)$

It may be a simple question to post it here, but I posted this question in the Math Stack Exchange forum and no one answered me. Let $E$ be a (possibly infinite) alphabet and consider $X = E^{\...
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Synchronised $\beta$-shifts

I have been reading some papers recently, in particular, Blanchard's paper $\beta$-expansions and symbolic dynamics which state that a $\beta$-shift $S_{\beta}$ is a synchronised shift if and only if ...
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Is the following series consisting of equally distributed $\pm 1$ bounded?

Apologise in advance if this problem isn't research-level (I'm quite certain it isn't). It's just I found it quite intriguing because it turned out to be much more subtle than it appeared at my first ...
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Repartition of 1's in the "Chacon word"

Consider the "Chacon words": $B_0=0$ and $B_{n+1} = B_nB_n1B_n$. The word $B_n$ has $\ell_n := \frac{3^{n+1}-1}{2}$ digits and the number of $1$'s in $B_n$ is $\ell_n - 3^n = \ell_{n-1} \sim \ell_n/3$...
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What is the effect of adding 1/2 to a continued fraction?

Is there a simple answer to the question "what happens to the continued fraction expansion of an irrational number when you add 1/2?" A closely related question is "what happens to such an expansion ...