On the Duffin-Schaeffer conjecture
Abstract
Let $\psi:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{R}_{\ge0}$ be an arbitrary function from the positive integers to the non-negative reals. Consider the set $\mathcal{A}$ of real numbers $\alpha$ for which there are infinitely many reduced fractions $a/q$ such that $|\alpha-a/q|\le \psi(q)/q$. If $\sum_{q=1}^\infty \psi(q)\phi(q)/q=\infty$, we show that $\mathcal{A}$ has full Lebesgue measure. This answers a question of Duffin and Schaeffer. As a corollary, we also establish a conjecture due to Catlin regarding non-reduced solutions to the inequality $|\alpha - a/q|\le \psi(q)/q$, giving a refinement of Khinchin's Theorem.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- July 2019
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1907.04593
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1907.04593
- Bibcode:
- 2019arXiv190704593K
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Number Theory;
- Mathematics - Combinatorics;
- 11J83 (Primary);
- 05C40 (Secondary)
- E-Print:
- Final version, 46 pages, to appear in Annals of Mathematics. Fixed a typo in equation (14.1) from the previous version