Thue-Morse constant is not badly approximable

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Abstract

We prove that Thue-Morse constant τTM=0.01101001...2τ_{TM}=0.01101001..._2 is not a badly approximable number. Moreover, we prove that τTM(a)=0.01101001...aτ_{TM}(a)=0.01101001..._a is not badly approximable for every integer base a≥2a\geq 2 such that aa is not divisible by 15. At the same time we provide a precise formula for convergents of the Laurent series f~TM(z)=z−1∏n=1∞(1−z−2n)\tilde{f}_{TM}(z) = z^{-1}\prod_{n=1}^\infty (1-z^{-2^n}), thus developing further the research initiated by Alf van der Poorten and others.

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