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On the irrationality measure of the Thue–Morse constant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2018

DZMITRY BADZIAHIN
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics F07, Univerity of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia email: dzmitry.badziahin@sydney.edu.au
EVGENIY ZORIN
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, U.K. email: evgeniy.zorin@york.ac.uk

Abstract

We provide a non-trivial measure of irrationality for a class of Mahler numbers defined by infinite products. This class includes the Thue–Morse constant. Among other things, our results imply a generalisation to [12].

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 2018

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