Embree–Trefethen constant

In number theory, the Embree–Trefethen constant is a threshold value labelled β*. For a fixed positive number β, consider the recurrence relation where the sign in the sum is chosen at random for each n independently with equal probabilities for "+" and "−". It can be proven that for any choice of β, the limit exists almost surely. In informal words, the sequence behaves exponentially with probability one, and σ(β) can be interpreted as its almost sure rate of exponential growth. We have σ < 1 for 0 < β < β* = 0.70258 approximately, σ > 1 for β* < β, so they grow exponentially.

Embree–Trefethen constant

In number theory, the Embree–Trefethen constant is a threshold value labelled β*. For a fixed positive number β, consider the recurrence relation where the sign in the sum is chosen at random for each n independently with equal probabilities for "+" and "−". It can be proven that for any choice of β, the limit exists almost surely. In informal words, the sequence behaves exponentially with probability one, and σ(β) can be interpreted as its almost sure rate of exponential growth. We have σ < 1 for 0 < β < β* = 0.70258 approximately, σ > 1 for β* < β, so they grow exponentially.