On the order of magnitude of Sudler products

Christoph Aistleitner, Niclas Technau, Agamemnon Zafeiropoulos

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Abstract

Given an irrational number α ∈ (0,1), the Sudler product is defined by PN (α) = ∏Nr=1 2|sinπrα|. Answering a question of Grepstad, Kaltenböck and Neumüller we prove an asymptotic formula for distorted Sudler products when α is the golden ratio (5 +1)/2 and establish that in this case limsupN→∞ PN (α)/N < ∞. We obtain similar results for quadratic irrationals α with continued fraction expansion α = [a,a,a,…] for some integer a ≥ 1, and give a full character-isation of the values of a for which liminfN→∞ PN (α) > 0 and limsupN→∞ PN (α)/N < ∞ hold, respectively. We establish that there is a (sharp) transition point at a = 6, and resolve as a by-product a problem of the first author, Larcher, Pillichshammer, Saad Eddin, and Tichy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)721-764
Number of pages44
JournalAmerican Journal of Mathematics
Volume145
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics

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