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Let be a non-negative function defined on the positive integers. Gallagher's ergodic theorem, or Gallagher's zero-one law states that the set of real numbers in for which the Diophantine inequality (cf. also Diophantine equations)

has infinitely many integer solutions , has Lebesgue measure either or .

The corresponding result, but without the condition , was given by J.W.S. Cassels [a1]. P. Gallagher [a2] established his result for dimension one using the method of Cassels. The -dimensional generalization is due to V.T. Vil'chinskii [a5]. A complex version is given in [a3].

References

[a1] J.W.S. Cassels, "Some metrical theorems of Diophantine approximation I" Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc. , 46 (1950) pp. 209–218
[a2] P.X. Gallagher, "Approximation by reduced fractions" J. Math. Soc. Japan , 13 (1961) pp. 342–345
[a3] H. Nakada, G. Wagner, "Duffin–Schaeffer theorem of diophantine approximation for complex number" Astérisque , 198–200 (1991) pp. 259–263
[a4] V.G. Sprindzuk, "Metric theory of diophantine approximations" , Winston&Wiley (1979) (In Russian)
[a5] V.T. Vil'chinskii, "On simultaneous approximations by irreducible fractions" Vestsi Akad. Navuk BSSR Ser. Fiz.-Mat. Navuk (1981) pp. 41–47 (In Russian)
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Gallagher ergodic theorem. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Gallagher_ergodic_theorem&oldid=32630
This article was adapted from an original article by O. Strauch (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article